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Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit..

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent..

Relaxant :: Relaxant (n.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative.

Relaxative :: Relaxative (n.) A relaxant.

Laxativeness :: Laxativeness (n.) The quality of being laxative.

Manna :: Manna (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe..

Cascara Sagrada :: Cascara sagrada () Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative..

Solutive :: Solutive (a.) Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative.

Magnesia :: Magnesia (n.) A light earthy white substance, consisting of magnesium oxide, and obtained by heating magnesium hydrate or carbonate, or by burning magnesium. It has a slightly alkaline reaction, and is used in medicine as a mild antacid laxative. See Magnesium..

Laxative :: Laxative (a.) Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.

Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Relaxative :: Relaxative (a.) Having the quality of relaxing; laxative.

Laxative :: Laxative (n.) A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.

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