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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Laxative \Lax"a*tive\, a. [L. laxativus mitigating, assuaging:
cf F. laxatif See {Lax}, a.]
1. Having a tendency to loosen or relax. --Milton.
2. (Med.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the
intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to
{astringent}. -- n. (Med.) A laxative medicine. See the
Note under {Cathartic}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
laxative
adj : stimulating evacuation of feces [ant: {costive}]
n : a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
[syn: {purgative}, {cathartic}, {physic}, {aperient}]
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