LENITIVE MEDICINE,


Meaning of LENITIVE MEDICINE, in English

[ 'lɛnɪtɪv ]

archaic

■ adjective (of a medicine) laxative.

■ noun a laxative.

Origin

ME: from med. L. lenitivus , from lenit- , lenire 'soften'.

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