attenuant

[ uh-ten-yoo-uhnt ]

/ əˈtɛn yu ənt /

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noun

a medicine or agent that thins the blood.

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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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How to use attenuant in a sentence

As a diuretic and attenuant in dropsy, or as an expectorant in chronic coughs.
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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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