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evacuant

[ih-vak-yoo-uh nt]Medicine/Medical
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adjective
  1. evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, especially from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.
noun
  1. an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.

Origin of evacuant

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

cathartic, excretory, purgative, aperient, evacuant, expulsive, laxative
British Dictionary definitions for evacuant

evacuant

adjective
  1. serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels
noun
  1. an evacuant agent
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evacuant in Medicine

evacuant

[ĭ-văk′yōō-ənt]
adj.
  1. Causing evacuation, especially of the bowels; purgative.
n.
  1. A purgative agent.
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