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Laxative   Listen
adjective
Laxative  adj.  
1.
Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
2.
(Med.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; opposed to astringent.





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"Laxative" Quotes from Famous Books



... without knowledge of it, no ill effects may ensue. The sense of taste is affected by the imagination. A man sent the cream from the breakfast-table because it tasted sour, but found it sweet when it was brought back by a servant, supposing it to be a fresh supply. A laxative medicine may produce sleep, in the belief that it is an opiate; and contrariwise, an anodyne may act as a purgative, if the patient believes that it was so intended.[66:1] Dr. Robert T. Edes, in "Mind Cures from the Standpoint of the ...
— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence
... syrup of feverfew; half an ounce each of honey, syrup of roses, syrup of stachus; an ounce each of calamint water, mugwort, betony and hyssop, and make a julep. If the pain continues, use this purge:—Take a drachm of spec. Hitrae, half an ounce of diacatholicon, one ounce of syrup of roses and laxative, and make a draught with a decoction of mugwort and the four cordial flowers. If it proceeds from weakness, she must be strengthened, but if from grossness of blood, let the quality of it be altered, as I have shown in the preceding chapter. ...
— The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher • Anonymous
... well if parents could be convinced what a valuable food the raisin is. As for dates, their nutritive value is shown by the fact that they form the chief food of the Arabs; while prunes and figs are used for their laxative tendency. Compotes of all sorts of fruits and stewed Normandy pippins may be easily introduced into the luncheon basket, if put into a wide-mouthed, well ...
— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. • Various


Words linked to "Laxative" :   cathartic, phenolphthalein, purgative, costive, physic, aperient


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