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单词 evacuant
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evacuant

[ ih-vak-yoo-uhnt ]
/ ɪˈvæk yu ənt /
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adjective

evacuating; promoting thorough evacuation, especially from the bowels; cathartic; purgative.

noun

an evacuant medicine or agent; cathartic; purgative.

Origin of evacuant

First recorded in 1720–30, evacuant is from the Latin word ēvacuant- (stem of ēvacuāns, present participle of ēvacuāre). See evacuate, -ant

Words nearby evacuant

Euxine, Euxine Sea, euxinia, eV, Eva, evacuant, evacuate, evacuation, evacuator, evacuee, evade
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British Dictionary definitions for evacuant

evacuant
/ (ɪˈvækjʊənt) /

adjective

serving to promote excretion, esp of the bowels

noun

an evacuant agent
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for evacuant

evacuant
[ ĭ-văkyōō-ənt ]

adj.

Causing evacuation, especially of the bowels; purgative.

n.

A purgative agent.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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