EGAVE

apertive

Meaning

  1. adjective Causing the body to open; dissolving blockages or having a purgative or diuretic effect.
  2. adjective Pertaining to or using an aperture; apertural.
  3. adjective Tending to open.
  4. noun A substance that can be used medicinally for its apertive effect.

Similar words

deobstruent purgative purificative apertured excretive antibromic perforative expandatory permeable curative

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