lax·a·tive (l k s -t v)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 lax  t vus, preventing constipation, from Late Latin, assuaging, from Latin laxtus, past participle of laxre, to relax, from laxus, loose; see lax.] |
laxative
Noun
a medicine that induces the emptying of the bowels
Adjective
easing the emptying of the bowels [Latin laxare to 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 |
laxative
Translations
n / adj laxative [ˈlӕksətiv]
(a medicine) which makes it easier to pass waste matter from the bowels. purgasie مُسْهِل خَفيف който отваря projímadlo; projímavý afføringsmiddel das Abführmittel καθαρτικό laxante kõhulahtisti ملین ulostuslääke laxatif סַם מְשַלשֵל रेचक sredstvo za čišćenje hashajtó obat pelancar hægðalyf lassativo 便通をよくする 완하제(緩下劑)(의); 변통효과가 있는 vidurių paleidžiamasis (vaistas) caurejas līdzeklis; caureju veicinošs julap laxeermiddel avføringsmiddel (środek) przeczyszczający laxante laxativ слабительное (средство) preháňadlo; na prehnanie odvajalen laksativ laxermedel ยาระบาย müshil (ilâcı), yumuşatıcı 瀉藥；通便的 проносний засіб; проносний قبض کشا thuốc nhuận tràng 轻泻剂；轻泻的, 通便剂
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