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laxatives

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003702

An agent that acts to promote evacuation of the bowel, a cathartic or purgative.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-003702
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
Synonymscathartics; purgatives
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsogastrointestinal agents; carboxymethylcellulose; purgative properties
TranslationsSpanish: laxantes
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003702",
  "term": "laxatives",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An agent that acts to promote evacuation of the bowel, a cathartic or purgative.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cathartics",
    "purgatives"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "gastrointestinal agents",
    "carboxymethylcellulose",
    "purgative properties"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "laxantes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/laxatives/"
}

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