Definitions for resolvent

resolvent re·sol·vent

Spelling: [ri-zol-vuh nt]
IPA: /rɪˈzɒl vənt/

Resolvent is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 475 anagrams from letters in resolvent (eelnorstv).

Definitions for resolvent

noun

  1. something resolvent.
  2. Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.

adjective

  1. resolving; causing solution; solvent.

Origin of resolvent

1670-80; Latin resolvent- (stem of resolvēns), present participle of resolvere to resolve; see -ent

Examples for resolvent

resolvent, dispersive; applied to glandular tumours, scrofulous enlargements, &c.

It is useful also locally in rheumatic affections as a resolvent and anodyne, in acne, and as a parasiticide.

Used as a discutient or resolvent; more particularly as an application to scrofulous tumours and indurations.

It has also some reputation as an alterative and resolvent, and as an anodyne.

Hops may be used topically as a fomentation or a poultice, as a resolvent or discutient in painful swellings and tumours.

The four resolvent meals of old pharmacy (quatuor farin resolventes) are those of barley, beans, linseed, and rye.

As a resolvent friction to indolent tumours and indurations.

Alterative and discutient; used to disperse indolent tumours and swellings, and as a resolvent in enlarged joints, &c.

A stimulant, resolvent, and adhesive plaster, once supposed to possess extraordinary virtues.

Said to be suppurative, resolvent, cooling, and desiccative.

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