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lax⋅a⋅tive

  [lak-suh-tiv]
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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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME laxatif (< MF) < ML laxātīvus loosening (see laxation, -ive )

Related forms:
lax⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
lax⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
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lax·a·tive   (lāk'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  (adj.)
1398, 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 c.1386.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1lax·a·tive
Pronunciation: 'lak-s&t-iv
Function: adjective
1 : having a tendency to loosen or relax;specifically : relieving constipation
2 : LAX 2 —lax·a·tive·ly adverb

Main Entry: 2laxative
Function: noun
: a usually mild laxative drug
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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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