Aperient
[ә'piәriәnt]
Definition
(a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.
(n.) An aperient medicine or food.
Checker: Olivier
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Med.) Laxative, deobstruent, loosening.
n. (Med.) Laxative, laxative medicine.
Typed by Corinne
Definition
adj. opening: mildly purgative.—n. any laxative medicine.
Editor: Sharon
Examples
- I merely administered one of Inglish's excellent aperient Scott's pills to the dear infant, Paragon replied, calmly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Do you presume to judge of Inglish's Aperient, who have swallowed but one? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typed by Lillian