Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evacuatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: evac-u-a-to-ry
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to evacuation, especially evacuation of the gastrointestinal tract.

noun

A purgative; a laxative.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Consequently, disruption of the evacuatory function of the stomach during the first few days after introduction of cystamine and irradiation was more pronounce than when these factors acted separately."
"We have located the origins and mechanisms of violence in the violating unbearable affective experience, which occurs as a consequence of failures of attunement or affective containment and in the projective, evacuatory psychological defences that then arise."
"Evacuatory dysfunction may be due to mechanical obstruction or functional etiologies or impaired rectal sensation."

Etymology

From evacuate + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: evacuate

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

evacuatories (plural)

Questions

What does evacuatory mean?: Pertaining to evacuation, especially evacuation of the gastrointestinal tract.
Where does evacuatory come from?: From evacuate + -ory.

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