DILUENT


Meaning of DILUENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdil-yə-wənt, -yü-ənt ]

noun

Etymology: Latin diluent-, diluens, present participle of diluere

Date: circa 1721

: a diluting agent (as the vehicle in a medicinal preparation)

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