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Definition of Laxative
1. Adjective. Stimulating evacuation of feces.
2. Noun. A mild cathartic.
Definition of Laxative
1. a. Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Definition of Laxative
1. Adjective. Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation. ¹
2. Noun. Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Laxative
1. a drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels [n -S]
Medical Definition of Laxative
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Laxative
Literary usage of Laxative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"I The Family laxative | щ[ The Ideal safe family laxative, known as " SYRUP OF
FIGS," is a product of the California Fig Syrup Co., and derives its laxative ..."
2. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
""The plaintiff is the proprietor and manufacturer of a liquid laxative ...
The defendants manufacture and sell a laxative medicine which they term 'Fig ..."
3. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"as a laxative in chronic constipation, often combined with aloes or calomel. ...
Used as rather mild laxative. Dose of extract, i to 2 Gm., 15 to 30 gr. ..."
4. An Analytical Compendium of the Various Branches of Medical Science: For the by John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith (1861)
"There are several articles of diet which are laxative, and may bo usefully ...
Sugar is also laxative, particularly in the form of West India molasses. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1872)
"... daily tested its efficacy as an excellent laxative medicine. The majority of
cases of constipation arise from simple or functional derangement, ..."
6. The Law of Pure Food and Drugs, National and State: With Appendices by William Wheeler Thornton (1912)
"Cold and Grippe Tablets—laxative. A drug was labeled as follows: "Cold and Grippe
... laxative. Dose: One Tablet Three Times a Day. Cure a Cold in One Day. ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"They purchase this preparation on the faith that it is a laxative compound mnde
... "The plaintiff is the proprietor and manufacturer of a liquid laxative ..."
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