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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Laxatives, Gastroenterology
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laxative  Alviduca  Alviducous  aperient  Bulk-forming agent
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A mild cathartic WordNet 3.0
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A mild cathartic WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. Wikipedia
A concoction that loosens the bowels Wikipedia Disambiguation
Agents that produce a soft formed stool, and relax and loosen the bowels, typically used over a protracted period, to relieve constipation Wikidata
Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect. Wiktionary
Substance with a laxative effect. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
purgative
purgative
HAS KIND
phenolphthalein
Seidlitz powder
bisacodyl
Hyperosmotic laxative
Bulk-forming laxative
+2 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Pluto Water
Sal Hepatica
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Nordisk familjebok
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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laxative
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Alviduca, Alviducous, aperient, Bulk-forming agent, bulk forming agent, bulk forming laxative, Eccoprotics, Ectoprotics, Ex-lax, Exlax, laxative abuse, Laxativeness, laxatives, Opening medicine, osmotic laxative, purgative, purgatives, saline laxative, stimulant laxative, stimulant laxatives, stool softener, stool softeners

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