expellant

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪkˈspɛlənt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ik spel′ənt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ex•pel•lant  (ik spel′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. expelling, or having the power to expel.
Also, ex•pel′lent. 
  • Latin expellent- (stem of expellēns), present participle of expellere to expel; see -ent
  • variant of expellent (see -ant) 1815–25

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
expellant, expellent /ɪkˈspɛlənt/ adj
  1. forcing out or having the capacity to force out
 n
  1. a medicine used to expel undesirable substances or organisms from the body, esp worms from the digestive tract

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