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e⋅vac⋅u⋅ant

  [i-vak-yoo-uhnt] Medicine/Medical
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–adjective
1. evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, esp. from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.
–noun
2. an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.
Origin:
1720–30; < L ēvacuant- (s. of ēvacuāns, prp. of ēvacuāre). See evacuate, -ant
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e·vac·u·ant   (ĭ-vāk'yōō-ənt)   
adj.  Causing evacuation, especially of the bowels; purgative.
n.  A purgative.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: evac·u·ant
Pronunciation: i-'vak-y&-w&nt
Function: noun
: an emetic, diuretic, or purgative agent —evacuant adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

evacuant e·vac·u·ant (ĭ-vāk'y&oomacr;-ənt)
adj.
Causing evacuation, especially of the bowels; purgative. n.
A purgative agent.

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