Laxative
21laxative — /ˈlæksətɪv / (say laksuhtiv) –noun 1. Medicine a laxative medicine or agent. –adjective 2. Medicine mildly purgative. 3. Pathology a. (of the bowels) subject to looseness. b. (of a disease) characterised by looseness of the bow …
22laxative — adj. & n. adj. tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels. n. a laxative medicine. Etymology: ME f. OF laxatif ive or LL laxativus f. L laxare loosen (as LAX) …
23laxative — Synonyms and related words: agar, aloes, aperient, bran, calomel, carminative, cascara, castor oil, cathartic, colocynth, diuretic, magnesia, mercurous chloride, mineral oil, mineral water, physic, purgative, purge, senna …
24Laxative — A substance which helpe evacuate the bowels. Cassia, Colocasis, Crescentia, Desmodium, Gossypium, Mangifera, Raphanus, Sesamum, Sesbania, Turnera …
25laxative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. physic, cathartic, purgative, eliminant; enema, irrigation, cleansing. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. relaxing, loosening, opening, freeing, unbinding, purgative, purging, diarrheic,… …
26laxative — lax|a|tive [ læksətıv ] noun count a medicine, food, or drink that helps you to make solid waste leave your body when you use the toilet ╾ lax|a|tive adjective …
27laxative — lax·a·tive || læksÉ™tɪv n. medication or other substance which relieves constipation adj. tending to stimulate evacuation of the bowels, tending to relieve constipation …
28laxative — n cathartic, purgative, aperient, physic, ipecac, castor oil, ricinus oil, salts, dose of salts; purgation, purge, dose, Med. catharsis …
29laxative — lax·a·tive …
30laxative — n. a drug used to stimulate or increase the frequency of bowel evacuation (also called a cathartic or purgative), or to encourage the passage of a softer or bulkier stool. The common laxatives are the stimulants (e.g. bisacodyl, senna and its… …
