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