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a·pe·ri·ent  audio  (-pîr-nt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
Gently stimulating evacuation of the bowels; laxative.
NOUN:
A mild laxative.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin aperins, aperient- present participle of aperre, to open; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots


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