单词 | aperient |
释义 | aperient /euh pear"ee euhnt/, Med. adj. 1. having a mild purgative or laxative effect. n. 2. a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative. Also called aperitive. [1620-30; < L aperient- (s. of aperiens opening, prp. of aperire to open), equiv. to aperi- (appar. ap-, var. of ab- AB- + -eri-) + -ent- -ENT; the base -eri-, perh. with an earlier shape *wery- or *twery-, occurs only in this verb and operire to close (see COVER, OPERCULUM)] |
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