laxative

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Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect
having power to open or loosen the bowels
{a} relieving costiveness, purging, loose
a mild cathartic
A laxative medicine
A substance that helps the expulsion of food wastes from the body through the digestive system
A laxative food or medicine is one that you take to make you go to the toilet. The artificial sweetener sorbitol has a laxative effect Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic. a medicine or something that you eat which makes your bowels empty easily (laxativus, from laxare , from laxus; LAX). Substance that promotes defecation. These include irritants (stimulants) such as cascara sagrada and castor oil, bulk formers such as bran and psyllium, saline laxatives such as Epsom salts or milk of magnesia, glycerin, lubricants such as mineral oil and some vegetable oils, and stool softeners. A high-fibre diet is more important than laxatives in correcting simple intestinal constipation
Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; opposed to astringent
A laxative is food or medicine that you take to make you go to the toilet. Foods that ferment quickly in the stomach are excellent natural laxatives
Having a tendency to loosen or relax
a substance that stimulates evacuation of the bowels
a mild cathartic stimulating evacuation of feces
See the Note under Cathartic
{i} medication or other substance which relieves constipation
Causes the bowels to act
A substance that promotes bowel movements
promotes elimination from the intestines
stimulating evacuation of feces
Affects digestive system and nutrition due to its ability to loosen and to prevent or treat constipation without irritation and griping to top of page
A gentle cathartic A laxative may act by stimulating the motion of the bowel, moistening the colon, increasing bile secretion, or relieving cramps
Stimulating evacuation of the bowels
bowel stimulant
a substance which promotes bowel movements Laxatives are divided into those that work by providing bulk, those that stimulate the production of bile in the liver and its release from the gallbladder, and those which directly trigger peristalsis
{s} tending to stimulate evacuation of the bowels, tending to relieve constipation
cathartic
A laxative
cathartic
a laxative
evacuant
laxatives
plural of laxative
Turkish - English

Definition of laxative in Turkish English dictionary

Laxatives
(Tıp) Laksatif.Tenbih edici.Müshil.Uzun süreli Kabızlık rahatsızlığını hafifletmek üzere kullanılan ilaçlar.Eğer diğer metodlardan sonuç alınamazsa kullanılır.Cathartics(Katartik) olarak da adlandırılır
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