Laxative

  • 31laxative —   Lā au ho onahā. See purgative.   Kinds: kukui (nuts and flowers), koali (leaves and flowers), pua aloalo, pua ilima, kanakamakika i ( ilima flower used medicinally), wale hau …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32laxative — A drug or medicine, the effect of which is to induce a bowel movement. Kelly v Carroll, 36 Wash 2d 482, 219 P2d 79, 19 ALR2d 1174 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 33laxative — A substance that promotes bowel movements …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 34Fletcher's Laxative — Castoria redirects here. For the titular see, see Castoria (titular see). Fletcher s Castoria, now known as Fletcher s Laxative, is an oral syrup containing a stimulant laxative and ingredients to soothe the stomach.Pharmacology*Active laxative… …

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  • 35bulk laxative — bulk forming laxative a hydrophilic agent that promotes evacuation of the bowel by absorbing water and expanding, thus increasing the volume of the feces …

    Medical dictionary

  • 36contact laxative — a laxative that increases the motor activity of the intestinal tract; the precise mechanism of action of contact laxatives is unknown, but they produce an accumulation of fluid and electrolytes in the colon and are thought to increase peristalsis …

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  • 37mental\ laxative — the inability to keep your thoughts (mainly negative) in your head, having no couth When he told his girlfriend she looked fat in her dress, he was suffering from mental laxative …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 38mental\ laxative — the inability to keep your thoughts (mainly negative) in your head, having no couth When he told his girlfriend she looked fat in her dress, he was suffering from mental laxative …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 39Средство Слабительное (Laxative, Putative) — лекарственное вещество, применяемое для стимуляции деятельности кишечника, увеличения частоты его опорожнения (также по другому эти средства называются cathartic или purgative) или для размягчения и увеличения объема выводимых каловых масс.… …

    Медицинские термины

  • 40lubricant laxative — an agent, immiscible with water, that promotes softening of the stool and facilitates the passage of feces through the intestines by its lubricant effect …

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