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Aperient Common

Aperient has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

2

A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

Adjective
1

mildly laxative

2

Having a gentle laxative effect.

See Also
constipation bowel hops deobstruent aperitive digestion asparagus aperture
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aloes castor oil Epsom salts laxative milk of magnesia Seidlitz powder
Rhyming Words
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