attenuant

[ uh-ten-yoo-uhnt ]

noun
  1. a medicine or agent that thins the blood.

Origin of attenuant

1
First recorded in 1595–1605, attenuant is from the Latin word attenuant- (stem of attenuāns thinning, present participle of attenuāre). See at-, tenuis, -ant

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British Dictionary definitions for attenuant

attenuant

/ (əˈtɛnjʊənt) /


adjective
  1. causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood

noun
  1. obsolete an attenuant drug or agent

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