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expellent

[ik-spel-uhnt]

adjective

expelling, or having the power to expel.

Also, ex·pel·lent.

Origin:
1815–25; variant of expellent (see -ant) < Latin expellent- (stem of expellēns), present participle of expellere to expel; see -ent

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expellant or expellent (ɪkˈspɛlənt)

—*adj*
1.	forcing out or having the capacity to force out

—n
2.	a medicine used to expel undesirable substances or organisms from the body, esp worms from the digestive tract

expellent or expellent

—*adj*

—n

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expellent

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