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noun
1.
a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
adjective
2.
of, pertaining to, or constituting a laxative; purgative.
3.
Archaic.
a.
(of the bowels) subject to looseness.
b.
(of a disease) characterized by looseness of the bowels.
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Laxative
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Word Origin & History
laxative
late 14c., from O.Fr. laxatif, from M.L. laxativus, from L. laxatus, pp. of laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose, lax" (see lax). The noun meaning "a laxative medicine" is from late 14c.
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Medical Dictionary
laxative lax·a·tive (lāk'sə-tĭv)
n.
A food or drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels. adj.
Stimulating evacuation of the bowels.
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