stool softener

noun

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.

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nounstool softener (plural stool softeners)

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.
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    Judith Gottlieb: I think you have the wrong idea. We're not gonna be texting each other. We're not in love. There's absolutely nothing between us. Allen Gregory DeLongpre: There's a desk between us. Mrs. Gottlieb: Okay. Allen Gregory: Pencils, papers. What's that? That looks like stool softener? That's between us. Mrs. Gottlieb: Okay, I've had just about enough of this.

    2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)
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“stool softener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stool%20softener. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stool softener,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stool%20softener.

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