- eccoprotic
- a.,n. purgative.♦ eccoprophoric, a. like a purgative in action.
Dictionary of difficult words. 2015.
eccoprotic
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eccoprotic — /ek ō protˈik/ adjective Laxative, mildly cathartic noun A laxative ORIGIN: Gr ekkoprōtikos, from ek out of, and kopros dung … Useful english dictionary
eccoprotic — n. purgative agent, laxative, cathartic … English contemporary dictionary
eccoproticophoric — ˌekōˌprōd.ə̇kōˈfȯrik, präd. adjective Etymology: obsolete English eccoprotic, n., laxative (from assumed New Latin eccoproticum, from neuter of assumed New Latin eccoproticus, adjective, laxative, from Greek ekkoprōtikos, from assumed Greek… … Useful english dictionary
