English-Thai Dictionary

laxative

ADJ ที่ ทำให้ ผ่อนคลาย  relaxing loosening confining binding ti-tam-hai-pon-kai

 

laxative

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ยาระบาย  ซึ่ง ช่วย ระบาย  ซึ่ง ประกอบด้วย ยาระบาย  kiao-kab-ya-ra-bai

 

laxative

N ยาระบาย  ยาถ่าย  ya-la-bai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAXATIVE

a.[L. laxo.] Having the power or quality of loosening or opening the bowels, and relieving from constipation.

 

LAXATIVE

n.A medicine that relaxes the bowels and relieves from costiveness; a gentle purgative.

 

LAXATIVENESS

n.The quality of relaxing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAXATIVE

Lax "a *tive, a. Etym: [L. laxativus mitigating, assuaging: cf. F.laxatif. See Lax, a.]

 

1. Having a tendency to loosen or relax. Milton.

 

2. (Med. )

 

Defn: Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent. -- n. (Med. )

 

Defn: A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.

 

LAXATIVENESS

LAXATIVENESS Lax "a *tive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being laxative.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

laxative

lax a tive |ˈlaksətiv ˈlæksədɪv | ▶adjective (chiefly of a drug or medicine ) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels. ▶noun a medicine that has such an effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French laxatif, -ive or late Latin laxativus, from Latin laxare ‘loosen ’ (from laxus ‘loose ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

laxative

laxa |tive |ˈlaksətɪv | ▶adjective (chiefly of a drug or medicine ) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels. ▶noun a medicine which has a laxative effect. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French laxatif, -ive or late Latin laxativus, from Latin laxare ‘loosen ’ (from laxus ‘loose ’).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

laxative

laxative noun purgative, lenitive, aperient, cathartic, evacuant; rare eccoprotic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

laxative

lax a tive /lǽksətɪv /名詞 C U 〖時に形容詞的に 〗下剤 [便秘薬 ] (の効果のある ).