"stool softener" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stool softeners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stool softener (plural stool softeners)
  1. Any medication used to introduce water and/or fat to the contents of the patient's intestines, making those contents more likely to pass out in the feces.
    Sense id: en-stool_softener-en-noun-FcphsD9O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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