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lax·a·tive
(lăk′sə-tĭv)n.
A food or drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels.
adj.
1. Stimulating evacuation of the bowels.
2. Causing looseness or relaxation, especially of the bowels.
[Middle English, from Old French laxatif, from Medieval Latin laxātīvus, preventing constipation, from Late Latin, assuaging, from Latin laxātus, past participle of laxāre, to relax, from laxus, loose; see lax.]
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laxative
(ˈlæksətɪv)n
(Medicine) an agent stimulating evacuation of faeces
adj
(Medicine) stimulating evacuation of faeces
[C14 (originally: relaxing): from Medieval Latin laxātīvus, from Latin laxāre to loosen]
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lax•a•tive
(ˈlæk sə tɪv)n.
1. a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or constituting a laxative; purgative.
[1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin]
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laxative
- Can mean "having the power of relaxing" (from Latin laxare, "loosen").See also related terms for loosen.
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| Noun | 1. |  laxative - a mild cathartic phenolphthalein - a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8 |
| Adj. | 1. | laxative - stimulating evacuation of feces costive - retarding evacuation of feces; binding; constipating |
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laxative
noun purgative, salts, purge, cathartic, physic (rare), aperient Foods that ferment quickly in the stomach are excellent natural laxatives.
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Translations
مُسْهِل خَفيفمُلَيِّـنٌ
projímadloprojímavý
afføringsmiddel
laksatiivilaksatiivinenulostuslääke
रेचक
laksativ
hashajtó
hægîalyf
緩下剤
완하제
vidurių paleidžiamasis
caurejas līdzekliscaureju veicinošs
laxatieflaxeermiddel
laxeringsmedel
ยาระบาย
müshilyumuşatıcı
thuốc nhuận tràng
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laxative
(ˈlӕksətiv) noun, adjective (a medicine) which makes it easier to pass waste matter from the bowels.
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laxative
→ مُلَيِّـنٌ projímadlo afføringsmiddel Abführmittel καθαρτικό laxante ulostuslääke laxatif laksativ lassativo 緩下剤 완하제 laxeermiddel avføringsmiddel środek przeczyszczający laxante слабительное laxeringsmedel ยาระบาย müshil thuốc nhuận tràng 轻泻剂Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lax·a·tive
n. laxante, laxativo, purgante suave.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
laxative
adj & n laxante m; bulk — laxante que aumenta el volumen de la materia fecalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.