Physic vs. Laxative

Physicadjective

Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

Physicnoun

A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative.

Physicnoun

The art or profession of healing disease; medicine.

Physicnoun

Natural philosophy; physics.

Physicnoun

(obsolete) A physician.

Physicverb

(transitive) To cure or heal.

Physicverb

(transitive) To administer medicine to, especially a purgative.

Physicnoun

The art of healing diseases; the science of medicine; the theory or practice of medicine.

Physicnoun

A specific internal application for the cure or relief of sickness; a remedy for disease; a medicine.

Physicnoun

Specifically, a medicine that purges; a cathartic.

Physicnoun

A physician.

Physicverb

To treat with physic or medicine; to administer medicine to, esp. a cathartic; to operate on as a cathartic; to purge.

Physicverb

To work on as a remedy; to heal; to cure.

Physicnoun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

Laxativeadjective

Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

Laxativenoun

Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

Laxativeadjective

Having a tendency to loosen or relax.

Laxativeadjective

Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; - opposed to astringent.

Laxativenoun

a mild cathartic

Laxativeadjective

stimulating evacuation of feces

Laxative

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements. They are used to treat and prevent constipation.