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Dissolvent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having power to melt or dissolve; as the dissolvent juices of the stomach.

Dissolvent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

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, etc.

Dissolvent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach.

Dissolvent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.

2. A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.