evacuant

[ ih-vak-yoo-uhnt ]

adjective

1. evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, especially from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.

noun

1. an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.

evacuant

/ ɪˈvækjʊənt /

adjective

1. serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels

noun

1. an evacuant agent

Word History and Origins

Origin of evacuant¹

First recorded in 1720–30, evacuant is from the Latin word ēvacuant- (stem of ēvacuāns, present participle of ēvacuāre ). See evacuate, -ant