Meanings
adjectivechalastic (comparative more chalastic, superlative most chalastic)
comparative more chalastic · superlative most chalastic
- medicineReducing stiffness; laxative.
Octavius Horatianus, lib. 2, cap. 5, prescribes chalastic cataplasms, or dry purging medicines […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 5, member 3, subsection 1
Origin
- Ancient Greekχαλαστικός
- Englishchalastic
From Ancient Greek χαλαστικός (khalastikós).
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