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menstruum
(encz) | menstruum, n: |
Menstruum
(gcide) | Menstruum \Men"stru*um\, n.; pl. E. Menstruums, L. Menstrua.
[L. menstruus. See Menstruous.]
Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
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The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. --Bacon.
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All liquors are called menstruums which are used as
dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients
by infusion or decoction. --Quincy.
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Note: The use is supposed to have originated in some notion
of the old chemists about the influence of the moon in
the preparation of dissolvents. --Johnson.
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menstruum
(wn) | menstruum
n 1: (archaic) a solvent
2: the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant
women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and
subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take
the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the
semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same
time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--
Aristotle [syn: menstruation, menses, menstruum,
catamenia, period, flow] |
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Menstruum
(gcide) | Menstruum \Men"stru*um\, n.; pl. E. Menstruums, L. Menstrua.
[L. menstruus. See Menstruous.]
Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
[1913 Webster]
The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
All liquors are called menstruums which are used as
dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients
by infusion or decoction. --Quincy.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The use is supposed to have originated in some notion
of the old chemists about the influence of the moon in
the preparation of dissolvents. --Johnson.
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Menstruums
(gcide) | Menstruum \Men"stru*um\, n.; pl. E. Menstruums, L. Menstrua.
[L. menstruus. See Menstruous.]
Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
[1913 Webster]
The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]
All liquors are called menstruums which are used as
dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients
by infusion or decoction. --Quincy.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The use is supposed to have originated in some notion
of the old chemists about the influence of the moon in
the preparation of dissolvents. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster] |
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