1. laxative - Noun
2. laxative - Adjective
Having a tendency to loosen or relax.
Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.
A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNever under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. Dave Barry
July 1952/the 27th/This morning an exceptional defecation: two small turds in the shape of a rhinoceros horns. Such a scanty stool worries me. I would have thought the champagne, so alien to my routine, would have had a laxative effect. Salvador Dalí
Out came Ms. Hilton in a Juicy track suit, chattering away like a gibbon on her jewel-encrusted cell phone. It was like magic, if magic were like a extra-strength laxative. April Winchell
After a series of tests, he concluded the diarrhoea was "factitious" and likely caused by a secretly administered laxative agent. Source: Internet
A more viscous paraffin oil is used as a laxative. Source: Internet
As a result, to laxative abuse, irregular bowel movements may occur along with constipation. Source: Internet