evacuant

[ ih-vak-yoo-uhnt ]
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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

1
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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British Dictionary definitions for evacuant

evacuant

/ (ɪˈvækjʊənt) /


adjective
  1. serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels

noun
  1. an evacuant agent

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