abevacuation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin ab (from) + evacuare (evacuation).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /æb.iˌvæk.juˈeɪ.ʃn̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun[edit]

abevacuation (plural abevacuations)

  1. (medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
  2. (medicine) Metastases.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6