DILUENT
\dˈɪluːənt], \dˈɪluːənt], \d_ˈɪ_l_uː_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DILUENT
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Serving to dilute, as a bland liquid, usually water, to be drunk in large quantities for the purpose of diluting the fluids of the body, especially the urine, so as to render them less irritating.
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Any inert substance which is used to dilute an active drug. Sugar of milk is very commonly used as a diluent powder. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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