Hypertext Webster Gateway: "evacuant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

evacuant
adj : strongly laxative [syn: {cathartic}, {purgative}]


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