aperient

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈpɪərɪənt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə pēr′ē ənt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•per•i•ent  (ə pēr′ē ənt),USA pronunciation [Med.]
adj. 
  1. Medicinehaving a mild purgative or laxative effect.

n. 
  1. Drugsa medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative. Also called aperitive. 
  • Latin aperient- (stem of aperiēns opening, present participle of aperīre to open), equivalent. to aperi- (apparently ap-, variant of ab- ab- + -eri-) + -ent- -ent; the base -eri-, perh. with an earlier shape *wery- or *twery-, occurs only in this verb and operīre to close (see cover, operculum)
  • 1620–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
aperient / əˈpɪərɪənt/
  1. laxative
  1. Also called: aperitive a mild laxative
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin aperīre to open
'aperient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A, a - aperitive - aperture - cover - pert - taraxacum

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