resolvent
Americanadjective
noun
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something resolvent.
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Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.
adjective
noun
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something that resolves; solvent
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a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation
Etymology
Origin of resolvent
1670–80; < Latin resolvent- (stem of resolvēns ), present participle of resolvere to resolve; see -ent
Example Sentences
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It is useful also locally in rheumatic affections as a resolvent and anodyne, in acne, and as a parasiticide.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
Observing him in these moods, I often dwelt meditatively upon the old philosophy of the Bi-Part Soul, and amused myself with the fancy of a double Dupin—the creative and the resolvent.
From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Nathaniel Parker Willis
Adj. decomposed &c. v.; catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent. <— p.
From Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
They terminated in death; after a treatment by lotions of honey of roses and spirit of vitriol, with emollient and resolvent cataplasms.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
The leaves when applied externally are highly resolvent for tumours, bruises, and gouty swellings.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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