Laxative - English meaning

Laxative – definitions in English dictionary

adjective
(chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.
Usage examples:
Laxative drugs

noun
A medicine which has a laxative effect.
Usage examples:
He may prescribe a laxative to ease the congestion
Synonims:
Purgative Lenitive Aperient Cathartic Evacuant Eccoprotic

Laxative translation into English

Laxative: translate from English into Chinese

泻药, 缓泻的, 缓泻药, 轻泻剂

Laxative: translate from English into Dutch

Laxeermiddel, Laxerend, Laxans, Laxerend middel

Laxative: translate from English into French

Laxatif

Laxative: translate from English into German

Abführmittel, Abführend, Laxativum, Laxativ

Laxative: translate from English into Hindi

रेचक, लैक्सेटिव, रेचक औषधि

Laxative: translate from English into Italian

Lassativo, Purgante, Purga, Purgativo

Laxative: translate from English into Korean

완하제, 하제, 통변이 되게 하는

Laxative: translate from English into Russian

Слабительное, Слабительный, Слабительное средство

Laxative: translate from English into Spanish

Laxante

Word origin

late Middle English: via Old French laxatif, -ive or late Latin laxativus, from Latin laxare ‘loosen’ (from laxus ‘loose’).

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Laxative – similar words

lax

adjective
Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.
Usage examples:
Lax security arrangements at the airport

noun
Lacrosse.
Usage examples:
I wore pads and a helmet whenever i played lax

adjective
Lacking care, attention, or control; not severe or strong enough
Usage examples:
Security at the airport seemed lax., laxity in enforcing safety regulations can cost lives.

Lax - all meanings in English

Laxative synonims

aperient

adjective
(chiefly of a drug) used to relieve constipation.
Usage examples:
The routine use of triphala each morning is thought to detoxify the body and restore the integrity …

noun
A drug used to relieve constipation.
Usage examples:
The aperient to which the author appears to give the preference over all others is senna.

Aperient - all meanings in English

eccoprotic

noun
A medicine which has a laxative effect.
Usage examples:
He prescribes purgative medicines to act as eccoprotics, to excite but not to stimulate the bowels.

Eccoprotic - all meanings in English

evacuant

adjective
(of a medicine or treatment) acting to induce some kind of bodily discharge.

noun
An evacuant medicine, such as a laxative, an emetic, or a sudorific.
Usage examples:
For constipation common remedies were liquorice powder, nyalls figsen (californian syrup of figs), …

Evacuant - all meanings in English

lenitive

adjective
(of a medicine) laxative.
Usage examples:
The leaves, and to a lesser extent the flowers, are mildly diuretic, emollient, lenitive and mildly…

noun
A laxative.
Usage examples:
He suggests, as lenitives, senna with pulp of tamarind or oil of sweet almonds.

Lenitive - all meanings in English

purgative

adjective
Strongly laxative in effect.
Usage examples:
The laxative and purgative properties of senna were discovered in the 9th century by the arabs, who…

noun
A laxative.
Usage examples:
A widely employed and useful purgative

noun
A substance that makes you empty your bowels
Usage examples:
Prunes can have a purgative effect., purgative medicines stimulate stomach and intestines.

Purgative - all meanings in English

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