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Evacuant

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.

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evacuant

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

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evacuant

adj. strongly laxative [syn: cathartic, purgative]

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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.