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"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "lassativo"
},
{
"alt": "しゃげやく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shageyaku",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "瀉下薬"
},
{
"alt": "げざい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gezai",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "下剤"
},
{
"alt": "げやく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "geyaku",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "下薬"
},
{
"alt": "くだしぐすり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kudashi-gusuri",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "下し薬"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "byeonbiyak",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "변비약"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "rongoā whakatiko"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "avføringsmiddel"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "laksativ"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "avføringsmiddel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "laksativ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "środek przeczyszczający"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laxante"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purgiativ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slabítelʹnoje",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "слаби́тельное"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лаксатив"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "laxante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "laxermedel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "laxativ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yaa-tàai",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "ยาถ่าย"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "bshal sman",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "བཤལ་སྨན"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "thuốc xổ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "thuốc nhuận tràng"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"word": "jiedamedin"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"singular"
],
"word": "moddion gweithio"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "substance with a laxative effect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffisig gweithio"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"laxative"
],
"word": "laxative"
}
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