stool softener

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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.
    • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):
      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.

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