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   lax·a·tive

   /ˈlaksədiv/

   adjective

   • 1. (chiefly of a drug or medicine) tending to stimulate or facilitate evacuation of the bowels: "laxative drugs"

   noun

   • 1. a medicine which has a laxative effect: "he may prescribe a laxative to ease the congestion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French laxatif, -ive or late Latin laxativus, from Latin laxare ‘loosen’ (from laxus ‘loose’).

   Scrabble Points: 18

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