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dissoluble

American  
[dih-sol-yuh-buhl] / dɪˈsɒl yə bəl /

adjective

  1. capable of being dissolved.

    tablets dissoluble in water.

  2. capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.

dissoluble British  
/ dɪˈsɒljʊbəl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for soluble

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Etymology

Origin of dissoluble

1525–35; < Latin dissolūbilis, equivalent to dissolū-, stem of dissolvere to dissolve + -bilis -ble. See dis- 1, soluble

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Dissoluble by a cholera germ, a curious blue network under the microscope, not unlike a map of Venice.

From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

And sometimes too the Fire does not only not Sever the Differing Elements of a Body, but Combine them so firmly, that Nature her self does very seldom, if ever, make Unions less Dissoluble.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

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