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 ).