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Answer for the clue "Beware over aunt brewing purgative medicine ", 8 letters:
evacuant

Word definitions for evacuant in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. strongly laxative [syn: cathartic , purgative ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evacuant \E*vac"u*ant\, a. [L.evacuans, -antis, p. pr. of evacuare: cf. F. ['e]vacuant.] Emptying; evacuative; purgative; cathartic. -- n. (Med.) A purgative or cathartic.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Laxative. n. 1 Something used to clean out an organ system, especially the bowels. 2 A laxative.

Usage examples of evacuant.

I have been in relation successively with the English and American evacuant and alterative practice, in which calomel and antimony figured so largely that, as you may see in Dr.