attenuant
[ uh-ten-yoo-uhnt ]
noun
a medicine or agent that thins the blood.
Origin of attenuant
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How to use attenuant in a sentence
As a diuretic and attenuant in dropsy, or as an expectorant in chronic coughs.
British Dictionary definitions for attenuant
attenuant
/ (əˈtɛnjʊənt) /
adjective
causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood
noun
obsolete an attenuant drug or agent
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