evacuant
evacuant[ɪˈvakjʊənt]noun- a medicine that induces some kind of bodily discharge, such as an emetic, a sudorific,or especially a laxative
泻药;清除剂;催吐剂;利尿剂
adjective- (of a medicine or treatment) acting to induce some kind of bodily discharge
(药物,治疗)排泄的,排空的;清除的;导泻的;催吐的
语源- mid 18th cent.: from Latin evacuant- 'emptying (the bowels'), from the verb evacuare, later in the more general sense 'remove (contents')
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