evacuativeadj.n.
/ɪˈvakjuːətɪv/ A. adj.
That evacuates or empties (the bowels); cathartic, purgative, evacuant.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Evacuatif, euacuatiue; purgative.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
B. n.
An evacuative medicine; an evacuant.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun]
mundificativea1400
mundifierc1475
mundification1580
mundicative1632
evacuative1656
relaxer1671
expeller1683
evacuatory1707
evacuator1718
rhyptic1721
abluent1726
evacuant1727
expellent1823
mundificant1842
eliminant1852
depletant1880
wash-out1955
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 50 Palliative is made..by evacuatives and alteratives.
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