EVACUANT


Meaning of EVACUANT in English

/i vak"yooh euhnt/ , Med.

adj.

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

n.

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

[ 1720-30; evacuant- (s. of evacuans, prp. of evacuare ). See EVACUATE, -ANT ]

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