evacuate+the+bowels

  • 11evacuate — e|vac|u|ate [ıˈvækjueıt] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of evacuare, from vacuus empty ] 1.) [T] to send people away from a dangerous place to a safe place evacuate sb from/to sth ▪ Several families were evacuated from… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12evacuate */ — UK [ɪˈvækjueɪt] / US [ɪˈvækjuˌeɪt] verb Word forms evacuate : present tense I/you/we/they evacuate he/she/it evacuates present participle evacuating past tense evacuated past participle evacuated 1) [intransitive/transitive] to leave a building… …

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  • 13evacuate — verb 1 (T) to send people to a safe place from a dangerous place: evacuate sb from/to: The villagers were evacuated to the countryside. 2 (I, T) to empty a place by making all the people leave: The whole building has been evacuated. 3 formal to… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14evacuate — e|vac|u|ate [ ı vækju,eıt ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to leave a building or other place because it is not safe: If the alarm sounds, all students should evacuate immediately. a ) transitive to make people leave a building because it …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15Dysentery — Dys en*ter*y, n. [L. dysenteria, Gr. ?; dys ill, bad + ?, pl. ?, intestines, fr. ento s within, fr. ? in, akin to E. in: cf. F. dysenterie. See {Dys}, and {In}.] (Med.) A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum,… …

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  • 16enema — /ˈɛnəmə / (say enuhmuh) noun (plural enemas or enemata /əˈnɛmətə / (say uh nemuhtuh), /iˈ / (say ee )) Medicine 1. a fluid injected into the rectum, as to evacuate the bowels. 2. an instrument for doing this. 3. the injection of the fluid. {Greek …

  • 17Laxative — A substance which helpe evacuate the bowels. Cassia, Colocasis, Crescentia, Desmodium, Gossypium, Mangifera, Raphanus, Sesamum, Sesbania, Turnera …

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  • 18purge — verb 1》 rid of an unwanted feeling or condition. 2》 remove (a group of people considered undesirable) from an organization or place. 3》 remove by a cleansing process. 4》 [often as noun purging] evacuate the bowels, especially as a result of… …

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  • 19purging — noun evacuate the bowels, especially as a result of taking a laxative. → purge …

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  • 20tenesmus — [tɪ nɛzməs] noun Medicine a continual inclination to evacuate the bowels. Origin C16: via med. L. from Gk teinesmos straining …

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