Laxative+medicine

  • 121sarsaparilla — The dried root of Smilax aristolochiaefolia (Mexican s.), S. regelii (Honduras s.), S. febrifuga (Ecuadorian s.), or of undetermined species of Smilax (family Liliaceae), a thorny vine widely distributed throughout the tropical and semitropical… …

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  • 122sennoside A, sennoside B — Two anthraquinone glucosides that are the laxative principles of senna …

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  • 123tartaric acid — Made from crude tartar; a laxative and refrigerant; used in the manufacture of various effervescing powders, tablets, and granules. * * * tar·tar·ic acid (.)tär .tar ik n a strong dicarboxylic acid C4H6O6 of plant origin that occurs in three… …

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  • 124LAS — laboratory automation system; lateral amyotrophic sclerosis; laxative abuse syndrome; left anterior superior; leucine acetylsalicylate; linear alkylsulfonate; local adaptation syndrome; long arm splint; lower abdominal surgery; lymphadenopathy… …

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  • 125bile salt — n 1) a salt of bile acid 2) bile salts pl a dry mixture of the salts of the gall of the ox used as a liver stimulant and as a laxative called also ox bile extract, oxgall …

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  • 126casanthranol — ca·san·thra·nol kə san(t) thrə .nȯl n a cathartic mixture of glycosides extracted from cascara sagrada see PERI COLACE * * * ca·san·thra·nol (kə sanґthrə nol) [USP] a purified mixture of the anthranol glycosides derived from cascara… …

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  • 127dibasic sodium phosphate — n SODIUM PHOSPHATE (2) * * * [USP] the heptahydrate disodium salt of phosphoric acid; used alone or in combination with other phosphate compounds, it is given intravenously as an electrolyte replenisher, orally or rectally as a laxative, and… …

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  • 128docusate — doc·u·sate däk yu̇ .sāt n any of several laxative salts and esp. the sodium salt C20H37NaO7S used to soften stools see PERI COLACE * * * doc·u·sate (dokґu sāt) any of a group of anionic surfactants widely used as emulsifying, wetting, and… …

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