Word: anticathartic
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ti
ca
thar
tic
Definition: A drug that acts as the opposite of a cathartic, inhibiting purging.
Morphemes:
Affix: anti-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Counteracting, neutralizing.
Affix: cathartic
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Purgative; inducing (mental or physical) catharsis
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κᾰθαίρω
Language: grc
Decoded: kathairo
Meaning: to cleanse
Affix: -σῐς
Language: grc
Decoded: -sis
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or nouns of action, result or process