| lax | 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fibre. "The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy." (Ray) 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. "The discipline was lax." (Macaulay) "Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions." (J. A. Symonds) "The word "aeternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification." (Jortin) 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Synonym: Loose, slack, vague, unconfined, unrestrained, dissolute, licentious. Origin: L. Laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, Leash. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| laxation | Bowel movement, with or without laxatives. Origin: see laxative (05 Mar 2000) |
| laxative | <pharmacology> An agent that acts to promote evacuation of the bowel, a cathartic or purgative. Origin: L. Laxativus (18 Nov 1997) |
| laxator | <anatomy> That which loosens; especially, a muscle which by its contraction loosens some part. Origin: NL, fr. L. Laxare, laxatum, to loosen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| laxator tympani | One of two supposed muscles, probably ligaments of the malleus. Origin: Mod. L. (05 Mar 2000) |