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EVACUANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evacuant mean?
• EVACUANT (adjective)
The adjective EVACUANT has 1 sense:
1. strongly laxative
Familiarity information: EVACUANT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strongly laxative
Synonyms:
cathartic; evacuant; purgative
Similar:
laxative (stimulating evacuation of feces)
Derivation:
evacuate (excrete or discharge from the body)
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