evacuant

[ih-vak-yoo-uhnt]

e·vac·u·ant

[ih-vak-yoo-uhnt] Medicine/Medical
adjective
1.
evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, especially from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.
noun
2.
an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.

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Evacuant is always a great word to know.
So is hallux. Does it mean:
the bone of the lower jaw.
the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.

Origin:
1720–30; < Latin ēvacuant- (stem of ēvacuāns, present participle of ēvacuāre). See evacuate, -ant
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evacuant (ɪˈvækjʊənt)
 
adj
1.  serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels
 
n
2.  an evacuant agent

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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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