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evacuant

Pronunciation: /ɪˈvakjʊənt/

Definition of evacuant

adjective

  • (of a medicine or treatment) acting to induce some kind of bodily discharge.

noun

  • an evacuant medicine, such as a laxative, an emetic, or a sudorific.

Origin:

mid 18th century: from Latin evacuant- 'emptying (the bowels'), from the verb evacuare, later in the more general sense 'remove (contents)'

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