Dras"tic (?), a. [Gr. , fr. to do, act: cf. F. drastique. See Drama.] Med.

Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; -- opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives.

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n. Med.

A violent purgative. See Cathartic.

 

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