LAXITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laxity mean? 

• LAXITY (noun)
  The noun LAXITY has 2 senses:

1. the condition of being physiologically lax

2. the quality of being lax and neglectful

  Familiarity information: LAXITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAXITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being physiologically lax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

laxity; laxness

Context example:

baths can help the laxness of the bowels

Hypernyms ("laxity" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quality of being lax and neglectful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

laxity; laxness; remissness; slackness

Hypernyms ("laxity" is a kind of...):

neglect; neglectfulness; negligence (the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern)

Derivation:

lax (lacking in rigor or strictness)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs include brachycephaly, arachnodactyly, receding mandible and joint laxity at the hands and feet.

(Achard Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs at birth include recurrent respiratory infections, poor feeding, hypotonia, joint laxity and characteristic shortened fifth digits with hypoplastic or absent nails and craniofacial appearance: microcephaly, wide nose and lips, sparse scalp hair but thick eyebrows and eyelashes.

(Coffin-Siris Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)