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Webster 1913 Edition
Dissolvent
Dis-solv′ent
,Noun.
1.
That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Melted in the crucible
dissolvents
. A. Smith.
The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate
dissolvent
to the truce. Mothley.
2.
(Med.)
A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dissolvent
DISSOLVENT
,Adj.
DISSOLVENT
,Noun.
1.
Any thing which has the power or quality of melting, or converting a solid substance into a fluid, or of separating the parts of a fixed body so that they mix with a liquid; as, water is a dissolvent of salts and earths. It is otherwise called a menstruum.2.
In medicine, a remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, &c.