laxative
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈlæksətɪv/
- Specialized
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laxante
- Don't take laxatives ever because they never work the way you want them to.
- a laxative pill
- take a laxative
What for whooping cough? You gave him laxatives. Why?
- What for whooping cough? You gave him laxatives. Why?
- Some people do find it as a useful sort of laxative and helps them, which is generally a good thing if you get the dose right.
- Some paregoric for pain, some laxatives.
- Louis Armstrong, famous jazz musician, wrote a diet book, and his technique for losing weight was to take laxatives and shit his brains out.
- What do beans, laxatives, and Lucky Charms have in common?
- So now we're gonna take some epic, smooth shots of laxatives.
Examples
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The fruit has an extremely superior fiber content that functions as a laxative that can help in waste elimination.
Blog text (27) -
Another health product was glucomannan, raw fiber tablets that are really just an expensive laxative.
Fiction book (1992) -
- What is it? - It's a laxative, he's been taking it to lose weight.
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Some people do find it as a useful sort of laxative and helps them, which is generally a good thing if you get the dose right.
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Coconut milk's a natural laxative.
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Cascara is only one type of stimulant laxative that appears in plenty of varieties.
Blog text (9) -
My GP said that I only have an irregular heartbeat and prescribed me laxatives for my constipation.
Blog text (2) -
Stool softeners and laxatives should always be prescribed along with opioids.
Academic text (2007) -
Preoperative bowel preparation was achieved by use of an oral laxative and either a saline or Golytely (AAKH, Aarhus) enema.
Academic text (1999) -
The doctor recommended taking a laxative to help relieve her constipation.
Synonyms
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A medicine that makes a person empty their bowels
A medicine that softens stools to relieve constipation
How Laxative
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Laxative comes from the Latin root lax- meaning 'loose', like the words lax and relax. A laxative is a medicine or substance that 'loosens' the bowels so it is easier to pass waste.