aperient
[ uh-peer-ee-uh nt ]
/ əˈpɪər i ənt /
adjective
having a mild purgative or laxative effect.
noun
a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
Also called
aperitive.
Origin of aperient
1620–30; < Latin
aperient- (stem of
aperiēns opening, present participle of
aperīre to open), equivalent to
aperi- (apparently
ap-, variant of
ab-
ab- +
-eri-) +
-ent-
-ent; the base
-eri-, perhaps with an earlier shape
*wery- or
*twery-, occurs only in this verb and
operīre to close (see
cover,
operculum)
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British Dictionary definitions for aperient
aperient
/ (əˈpɪərɪənt) med /
adjective
laxative
noun
a mild laxative
Word Origin for aperient
C17: from Latin
aperīre to open