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单词 opening medicine
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opening medicine
opening medicine n. a laxative.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 103v Openynge medicine..openeþ weyes þat beþ I-stoppid & makeþ þinne humours þat beþ gleymy þicke.
1783 S. Moreau Tour to Cheltenham Spa 47 They..take a gentle dose of Cheltenham salts, or some other opening medicine, as their physician thinks best suited.
1912 More Secret Remedies (B.M.A.) x. 157 Do the bowels act regularly without opening medicine?
2002 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 12 Feb. (Features section) 8 I know that Brooklax and Exlax were laxatives (‘opening medicine’ we called them), and Snowfire certainly relieved our chapped hands.
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