Laxative


[lak-suh-tiv] /ˈlæk sə tɪv/

noun
1.
a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or constituting a laxative; purgative.
3.
Archaic.

/ˈlæksətɪv/
noun
1.
an agent stimulating evacuation of faeces
adjective
2.
stimulating evacuation of faeces
adj.

late 14c., from Old French laxatif (13c.), from Medieval Latin laxativus “loosening,” from Latin laxatus, past participle of laxare “loosen,” from laxus “loose, lax” (see lax). The noun meaning “a laxative medicine” is from late 14c.

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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