laxative in English

adjective
1
(chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.
If your baby is bottlefed and constipated, your doctor may suggest mixing a small amount of laxative medicine into the formula.
noun
1
a medicine which has a laxative effect.
If the diverticulitis is not severe, treatment will be with painkillers, antibiotics, laxatives and dietary advice.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "laxative" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "laxative", or refer to the context using the word "laxative" in the English Dictionary.

1. Phillips' ® Laxative Caplets are an easy-to-swallow, gentle laxative dietary supplement

2. Coconut milk's a natural laxative.

3. An Aperient is a mild laxative.

4. 4 Take a laxative! Chew tobacco!

5. 19 Laxative: Substance that promotes defecation.

6. As adjectives the difference between laxative and Aperient is that laxative is having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation while Aperient is having a gentle laxative effect

7. 1 If you're constipated you may need a laxative.

8. 14 Running can be a great laxative.

9. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR; Aperient: Laxative

10. The artificial sweetener sorbitol has a laxative effect.

11. Aperient definition is - gently moving the bowels : laxative

12. Laxative: diarrhea, gastric acid reduction, loss of appetite.

13. As nouns the difference between laxative and Aperient is that laxative is any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect while Aperient is

14. 12 Purging behaviors: vomiting, laxative use, diet pills, excessive exercise.

15. 18 The medicine can be used as a laxative.

16. 17 You should laxative to help purge your system.

17. A stool softener or laxative may be ordered.

18. 3 Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.

19. Molasses are mildly laxative and something of a general tonic.

20. Aperient definition, having a mild purgative or laxative effect

21. 16 A stool softener or laxative may be ordered.

22. 15 Laxative: diarrhea, gastric acid reduction, loss of appetite.

23. 2 The artificial sweetener sorbitol has a laxative effect.

24. Hence, laxative is not a choice for treating Atonic gut

25. 13 Conclusion:The laxative action of galactitol displays certain dosage-effect relationship.

26. Magnesium Citrate is used as a laxative to treat occasional constipation.

27. Purging behaviors: vomiting, laxative use, diet pills,[Sentence dictionary] excessive exercise.

28. Laxative misuse weakens the intestinal lining and can lead to inflammation or infection.

29. Also, prune juice, which lacks cellulose, has the same laxative properties.

30. An Aperient is used to stimulate the bowels as a mild laxative

31. Phenolphthalein exerts laxative effects by stimulating the intestinal mucosa and Constricting smooth muscles

32. Mildly laxative Familiarity information: Aperient used as an adjective is very rare.

33. 24 People who use senna can also become addicted to its laxative effects.

34. It is possible for a substance to be both a laxative and a Cathartic

35. Potassium Bitartrate is a natural laxative that can help with digestive issues like constipation

36. 22 Colonoscopy was carried out under light sedation after standard laxative and bowel enema preparation.

37. 7 Zebedee had been pumped with Epsom Salts laxative to make sure he performed somewhere.

38. 26 The transit time in these patients was accelerated by a laxative, metoclopramide, and colonic lavage.

39. Therapy aimed at decreasing absorption (activated charcoal, laxative or gastric lavage) should be performed if indicated

40. Synonyms for Aperient include purgative, laxative, purging, cleansing, evacuant, cathartic, depurative, eccoprotic, lenitive and emetic

41. Blond psyllium is used orally as a laxative and for softening stools in people with

42. Haritaki is an Aperient, astringent, cardiotonic, carminative, fungicide, laxative, tonic, demulcent, purgative, alterative, febrifuge, anti-asthmatic and anti-dysenteric

43. 28 I'll go and get you some cough mixture ( a sleeping pill, a laxative , a tranquilizer, a pain - killer ).

44. 20 Some laxative drugs such as magnesium sulfate , Bisatin, phenolphthalein, glycerol etc for common use were introduced.

45. 10 Magnesium hydroxide, normally used as an antacid or laxative, may also serve as a magnesium supplement.

46. 9 Diarrhea, due to gastrointestinal disorders, infections, and even laxative abuse, may lead to substantial potassium losses.

47. Diarrhea, due to gastrointestinal disorders, infections, and even laxative abuse, may lead to substantial potassium losses.

48. 30 It could be trisodium phosphate (a cleanser), monosodium phosphate (a laxative), or disodium hydrogen phosphate [11].

49. Above 50% of infants and toddlers were able to discontinue the laxative after three to four months.

50. Agar is a bulk laxative that may influence dietary absorption of minerals, protein and fat, according to the Ayurvedic Medicine website