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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Pliny tells us the Daisy was used in his time with Mugwort as a resolvent to scrofulous tumours.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
The juice is employed for the coughs of childhood and externally as a resolvent for enlarged cervical glands.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
On expression they yield a fine purple juice, which proves a useful laxative, and a resolvent in recent colds.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
He found the soapy mucus within the vesicles of the Bladderwrack an excellent resolvent, and most useful in dispersing scrofulous swellings.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
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 Bache, Franklin
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