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a⋅per⋅i⋅tive

  [uh-per-i-tiv] Medicine/Medical
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–adjective
1. aperient.
2. having a stimulating effect on the appetite.
–noun
3. an aperient.
4. an appetite stimulant.
Origin:
1575–85; < ML aperitīvus, var. of LL apertīvus, equiv. to L apert- (see aperture ) + -īvus -ive

a⋅per⋅i⋅ent

  [uh-peer-ee-uhnt] Medicine/Medical
–adjective
1. having a mild purgative or laxative effect.
–noun
2. a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
Also called aperitive.

Origin:
1620–30; < L aperient- (s. of aperiēns opening, prp. of aperīre to open), equiv. to aperi- (appar. ap-, var. of ab- ab- + -eri-) + -ent- -ent; the base -eri-, perh. with an earlier shape *wery- or *twery-, occurs only in this verb and operīre to close (see cover, operculum )
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2aperient
Function: noun
: an aperient agent

Main Entry: 1aper·i·tive
Pronunciation: &-'per-&t-iv
Function: adjective
1 : APERIENT
2 : stimulating the appetite

Main Entry: 2aperitive
Function: noun
: APERIENT
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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