Definition of lax

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Lax (v. t.) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.

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Aperient :: Aperient (a.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative.
Relax :: Relax (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels..
Passive :: Passive (a.) Designating certain morbid conditions, as hemorrhage or dropsy, characterized by relaxation of the vessels and tissues, with deficient vitality and lack of reaction in the affected tissues..
Pseudo-china :: Pseudo-china (n.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (S. Pseudo-china), found in America..
Prophylaxis :: Prophylaxis (n.) The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment..
Fibre :: Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle..
Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.
Pull :: Pull (v. t.) To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward one; to pluck; as, to pull fruit; to pull flax; to pull a finch..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) A mild purgative; a laxative.
Tense :: Tense (a.) Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber..
Cambric :: Cambric (n.) A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen..
Melt :: Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken..
Dewrot :: Dewrot (v. t.) To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting..
Comb :: Comb (n.) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc..
Linum :: Linum (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum).
Synthermal :: Synteretics (n.) That department of medicine which relates to the preservation of health; prophylaxis.
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To relax; to lay at ease.
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel..
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