aperient

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. Having a gentle laxative effect.
2. Serving to open or reveal.

Noun

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.

Conceptes

laxant

purgant

Sinònims

purgative

laxative

evacuant

physic

cathartic

appetitif

cathartical

purge

orectic

aperitive

laxtive

Traduccions

καθαρτικό

laxante

laxatif

lassativo

purgante

Laxans

Abführmittel

purgerend

laxante

catártico

depurativo

laxativo

laksatif

Etimologia (Anglès)

Attested since the early 17th century, from Latin aperiens, present participle of aperire (“to open”).