See Also: abient(medicine)

laborous (iou) and abient (medicine)


laborous (iou)



laborous adjective. LME.
[formed as LABORIOUS: see -OUS.]
= LABORIOUS 1, 2, 3. LME-L18.
= LABOURING ppl adjective. Scot. M16.

abient (medicine)


abient


Having a tendency to move away from the source of a stimulus, as opposed to adient.

Origin: L. Abiens, fr. Ab-eo, to go from