ECCOPROTICOPHORIC


Meaning of ECCOPROTICOPHORIC in English

ˌekōˌprōd.ə̇kōˈfȯrik, -präd.- adjective

Etymology: obsolete English eccoprotic, n., laxative (from assumed New Latin eccoproticum, from neuter of assumed New Latin eccoproticus, adjective, laxative, from Greek ekkoprōtikos, from assumed Greek ekkoprōtos — verbal of ekkoproun to empty of excrement, from ek out of, out, from ex + -koproun, from kopros excrement, dung — + Greek -ikos -ic) + English -o- + -phoric — more at ex- , copr-

: exhibiting the properties of a laxative

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