laxative+medicine
41Potassium — The major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K+. The proper level of potassium is essential for normal cell function. An abnormal increase of potassium (hyperkalemia) or decrease of potassium… …
42Salt — In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the preservation of meat, etc. Salt is found in the earth and in sea water and is isolated by evaporation and crystallization from sea water and other… …
43linseed oil — n a yellowish drying oil obtained from flaxseed and used in liniments, pastes, and green soap and in veterinary medicine as a laxative * * * the fixed oil obtained from the dried ripe seed of Linum usitatissimum; used as an emollient in various… …
44manna — A saccharine exudation from Fraxinus ornus, flowering ash, a tree of the Mediterranean shores, used as a laxative, especially for children. It is available as m. cannellata, a flake m.; m. in lacrimis, m. in tears or small flakes; and m. communis …
45aperient — ape·ri·ent ə pir ē ənt adj gently causing the bowels to move: LAXATIVE aperient n an aperient agent * * * n. a mild laxative. * * * ape·ri·ent (ə pērґe ənt) [L. aperiens opening] laxative …
46carboxymethylcellulose — A cellulose derivative which forms a colloidal dispersion in water; indigestible and nonabsorbable systemically; absorbs water and is used as a bulk laxative. Can also be used as a suspending agent. * * * car·boxy·meth·yl·cel·lu·lose (.)kär .bäk… …
47frangula — The bark of Rhamnus f. (family Rhamnaceae); a laxative or cathartic. * * * fran·gu·la fraŋ gyə lə n the bark of the alder buckthorn used in medicine esp. formerly for its laxative properties …
48senna — The dried leaflets or legumes of Cassia acutifolia (Alexandrine s.) and C. angustifolia (Tinnevelly or Indian s.); a laxative. [Ar. sena] * * * sen·na sen ə n 1) any plant of the genus Cassia esp one used medicinally 2) the dried leaflets or pods …
49sulfur — An element, atomic no. 16, atomic wt. 32.066, that combines with oxygen to form s. dioxide (SO2) and s. trioxide (SO3), and these with water to make strong acids, and with many metals and nonmetallic elements to form sulfides; mildly laxative;… …
50tamarind — The pulp of the fruit of Tamarindus indica (family Leguminosae), a large tree of India; mildly laxative. [Mediev. L. fr. Ar. tamr] * * * tam·a·rind tam ə rənd, .rind n 1) a tropical leguminous tree (Tamarindus indica) with hard yellowish wood and …
