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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ca·thar·sis /kəˈθɑrsəs/
 洗滌,淨化,導瀉

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ca·thar·sis /kəˈθɑrsəs/ 名詞
 導瀉,瀉法,精神發泄

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ca·thar·sis n.  Med.
 1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.
 2. Psychotherapy The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by reëstablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 catharsis
      n 1: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: katharsis,
            abreaction]
      2: purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate
         evacuation of the bowels [syn: katharsis, purgation]