Usually means: Substance that loosens stools, relieves constipation.
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  1. laxative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. laxative: Merriam-Webster
  3. laxative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. laxative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. laxative: Collins English Dictionary
  6. laxative: Vocabulary.com
  7. Laxative, laxative: Wordnik
  8. laxative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. laxative: Wiktionary
  10. laxative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. laxative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. laxative: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. laxative: Dictionary.com
  14. laxative (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. laxative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Laxative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Laxative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. laxative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. laxative: Rhymezone
  20. Laxative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. laxative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. laxative: FreeDictionary.org
  23. laxative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. laxative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Laxative: Health & Beauty Glossary
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

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  1. laxative: Legal dictionary

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  1. laxative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. laxative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Laxative: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  8. laxative: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. laxative: Medical dictionary
  10. Vitamin Glossary (No longer online)
  11. Laxative: Drug Medical Dictionary
  12. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. laxative: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Laxative: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
noun:  Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

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