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eccoprotic, a. and n.|ɛkəʊˈprɒtɪk|
[ad. Gr. ἐκκοπρωτικός, f. ἐκκοπρόω, f. ἐκ out + κόπρος dung.]
A. adj. Producing evacuation of the bowels; mildly purgative.
B. n. A mild aperient.
1656Ridgley Pract. Physic 231 It must be brought forth with diureticks..or with Eccoproticks. 1782W. Heberden Comm. xx. (1806) 106 Eccoprotics used occasionally, so as just to prevent costiveness. 1827Abernethy Surg. Wks. I. 107 He prescribes purgative medicines to act as eccoprotics, to excite but not to stimulate the bowels. |