catharsis
[kә'θɑ:sis]
n. 陶冶, 净, 泻

[医] 泻, 泻, 精神泄

1. Drama as catharsis, as release, as reaffirmation of the power of the spirit.
   剧卡塔西斯，种释，性再。
2. Those things the Greeks called catharsis the sharing of pity and terror and joy with all.
   那希腊“精神净”西，起感受怜悯痛苦，享快。
3. The treatment principal of CSA is to health spleen, catharsis liver and invigorate kidney.
   治疗应遵循脾健运,疏泄补,肾滋补。

catharsis
[ noun ]

1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

<noun.act>

2. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

<noun.act>

Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Cathartic}.]
(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 re["e]stablishing 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).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


katharsis \katharsis\ n.
purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled
{catharsis}.

Syn: catharsis, abreaction.
[WordNet 1.5]