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laxative

lak suh tiv

  • n  a mild cathartic
  • a  stimulating evacuation of feces

  • A girl of 19, her mother testified, had taken a laxative nearly every day since early childhood.
  • Not by an American, though, because an American would never have named it after a highly advertised, highly marketed laxative of the same name that was popular then.
  • The tiny, white-coated globules, FTC found, are an irritative laxative (with one of their ingredients described as "drastic"), and have no medicinal effect on the liver.
Quotes

  • Adrian Mutu in Globe and Mail
    I'm not happy. Such a long ban for a laxative pill seems really excessive,Mutu said in a statement read out to reporters by his lawyer Paolo Rodella, who said the player may now appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
  • Dave Barry in Valley Courier Online
    In February 2008, Barry wrote, "MoviPrep is a nuclear laxative. I don't want to be too graphic, here, but: Have you ever seen a space shuttle launch? This is pretty much the MoviPrep experience, with you as the shuttle. There are times when you wish...
  • Richard Mabey in Independent
    Richard Mabey says that after the start of June, nettle leaves become "coarse, unpleasantly bitter and decidedly laxative".

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