laxative+medicine

  • 21laxative — lax•a•tive [[t]ˈlæk sə tɪv[/t]] n. 1) pha a medicine or agent for relieving constipation 2) pha of, pertaining to, or constituting a laxative; purgative • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME (< MF) < ML …

    From formal English to slang

  • 22medicine —   Lā au, lā au lapa au, wai lā au, hālalo.   Various kinds of medicine: apu, lā au hānō, lā au moe, lā au ho omoe, lā au ho ohiamoe, lā au ho onahā, lā au ho opā, lā au ho opi i, lā au ho opi ipi i, lā au ho opūhi u, hālalo po i, aikūpele, ehu,… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 23laxative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. physic, cathartic, purgative, eliminant; enema, irrigation, cleansing. See remedy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. relaxing, loosening, opening, freeing, unbinding, purgative, purging, diarrheic,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24laxative — lax|a|tive [ læksətıv ] noun count a medicine, food, or drink that helps you to make solid waste leave your body when you use the toilet ╾ lax|a|tive adjective …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25laxative — A drug or medicine, the effect of which is to induce a bowel movement. Kelly v Carroll, 36 Wash 2d 482, 219 P2d 79, 19 ALR2d 1174 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 26lubricant laxative — an agent, immiscible with water, that promotes softening of the stool and facilitates the passage of feces through the intestines by its lubricant effect …

    Medical dictionary

  • 27saline laxative — a salt, of which one or both ions are poorly absorbed, administered in hypertonic solution to draw water into the intestinal lumen by osmosis; the resulting distention promotes increased peristalsis and evacuation …

    Medical dictionary

  • 28stimulant laxative — contact l …

    Medical dictionary

  • 29Fletcher's Laxative — Castoria redirects here. For the titular see, see Castoria (titular see). Fletcher s Castoria, now known as Fletcher s Laxative, is an oral syrup containing a stimulant laxative and ingredients to soothe the stomach.Pharmacology*Active laxative… …

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  • 30Prehistoric medicine — is a term used to describe the use of medicine before the invention of writing. Because writing was invented at different times in different places, the term prehistoric medicine encompasses a large number of time periods and dates, [http://books …

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