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Definitions of laxative
  1. noun
    a mild cathartic
  2. adjective
    stimulating evacuation of feces
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  • cascara dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
  • cathartic strongly laxative
  • purgative strongly laxative
  • phenolphthalein a laxative used in many preparations under various trade names; also used as an acid-base indicator in titrations involving weak acids and strong bases because it is brilliant red at high alkalinity and colorless below pH 8
  • milk of magnesia purgative consisting of a milky white liquid suspension of magnesium hydroxide; used as a laxative and (in smaller doses) as an antacid
  • psyllium plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
  • fleawort plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
  • spanish psyllium plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative
  • chittam bark dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
  • cascara sagrada dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
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