attenuant

[uh-ten-yoo-uh nt]

noun

a medicine or agent that thins the blood.

Origin of attenuant

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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Historical Examples of attenuant

As a diuretic and attenuant in dropsy, or as an expectorant in chronic coughs.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley

British Dictionary definitions for attenuant

attenuant

adjective

causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood

noun

obsolete an attenuant drug or agent

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