<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a medicine or agent for relieving constipation.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of, relating to, or constituting a laxative; purgative.</li><li>Archaic. (of the bowels) subject to looseness.</li><li>(of a disease) characterized by looseness of the bowels.</li></ul>