ca·thar·sis /kəˈθɑrsəs/
 洗滌,淨化,導瀉
 ca·thar·sis /kəˈθɑrsəs/ 名詞
 導瀉,瀉法,精神發泄
 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).
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 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]