LAXATIVE


Meaning of LAXATIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj. tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels.

--n. a laxative medicine.

Etymology: ME f. OF laxatif -ive or LL laxativus f. L laxare loosen (as LAX)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.