Meanings of laxation in English

Kiwifruit significantly enhanced all tested measures of laxation in these adults.

Aortic PVL occurred more frequently because of laxation of sutured threads without frequent sites.

We wished to obtain objective evidence as to whether or not kiwifruit eaten regularly could promote laxation in elderly people.

Kiwifruit as a natural remedy appears palatable to most of the population and provides improved laxation for elderly individuals who are otherwise healthy.

Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that intravenous methylnaltrexone can induce laxation and reverse slowing of oral cecal-transit time in subjects taking high opioid dosages.

Main outcome measures: Laxation response, oral-cecal transit time, and central opioid withdrawal symptoms were compared between the 2 groups.