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 has also some reputation as an alterative and resolvent, and as an anodyne.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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 Willis, Nathaniel Parker
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
Chelaship was defined, the other day, by a Mahatma as a "psychic resolvent, which eats away all dross and leaves only the pure gold behind."
From Five Years of Theosophy by Various
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