evacuant
[ ih-vak-yoo-uhnt ]
adjective
evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, especially from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.
noun
an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.
Origin of evacuant
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British Dictionary definitions for evacuant
evacuant
/ (ɪˈvækjʊənt) /
adjective
serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels
noun
an evacuant agent
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