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Menstruum   Listen
noun
Menstruum  n.  (pl. E. menstruums, L. menstrua)  Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent. "The proper menstruum to dissolve metal." "All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction." 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.





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Words linked to "Menstruum" :   dissolver, hypermenorrhea, flow, archaicism, discharge, oligomenorrhea, resolvent, expelling, period, menstruation, menses, emission, menorrhagia, solvent, catamenia, dissolving agent, dissolvent, archaism


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