evacuator

[ih-vak-yoo-ey-ter]

e·vac·u·a·tor

[ih-vak-yoo-ey-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that evacuates.
2.
Medicine/Medical. an instrument for removing impacted feces from the rectum.

Origin:
1605–15; evacuate + -or2
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Evacuator is always a great word to know.
So is nares. Does it mean:
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
a bone in the human leg extending from the pelvis to the knee, that is the longest, largest, and strongest in the body; thighbone.
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World English Dictionary
evacuate (ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt)
 
vb
1.  (also intr) to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
2.  to make empty by removing the contents of
3.  (also intr) physiol
 a.  to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
 b.  to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
4.  (tr) to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
 
[C16: from Latin ēvacuāre to void, from vacuus empty]
 
evacu'ation
 
n
 
e'vacuative
 
adj
 
e'vacuator
 
n

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Medical Dictionary

evacuator e·vac·u·a·tor (ĭ-vāk'y&oomacr;-ā'tər)
n.
An instrument for removal of material from a body cavity.

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