Meaning Of The Word Laxative

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What's The Definition Of Laxative?

laxative
adjective: A laxative food or medicine is one that you take to make you go to the toilet.
variable noun: A laxative is food or medicine that you take to make you go to the toilet.

laxative in American English
any laxative medicine; mild cathartic
tending to make lax; specif., making the bowels loose and relieving constipation
adjective: of, pertaining to, or constituting a laxative; purgative
noun: a medicine or agent for relieving constipation

laxative in British English
adjective: stimulating evacuation of faeces
noun: an agent stimulating evacuation of faeces

laxative in the Pharmaceutical Industry
noun: A laxative is any food or drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels.

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