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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DISSOLVENT
a.Having power to melt or dissolve; as the dissolvent juices of the stomach.
DISSOLVENT
n. 1. Any thing which has the power or quality of melting, or converting a solid substance into a fluid, or of separating the parts of a fixed body so that they mix with a liquid; as, water is a dissolvent of salts and earths. It is otherwise called a menstruum.
2. In medicine, a remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DISSOLVENT
Dis *solv "ent, a. Etym: [L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.]
Defn: Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.
DISSOLVENT
DISSOLVENT Dis *solv "ent, n.
1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent. Melted in the crucible dissolvents. A. Smith. The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. Mothley.
2. (Med. )
Defn: A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
New American Oxford Dictionary
dissolvent
dis sol vent |diˈzälvənt dəˈzɑlvənt | ▶noun a substance that dissolves something else. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin dissolvent- ‘dissolving, ’ from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve ).
Oxford Dictionary
dissolvent
dis |solv |ent |dɪˈzɒlv (ə )nt | ▶noun a substance that dissolves something else: the experience of death could strengthen family ties, rather than act as a dissolvent. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin dissolvent- ‘dissolving ’, from the verb dissolvere (see dissolve ).
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