Thesaurus: menstruum
Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
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- n. Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
- n. (archaic) a solvent
- n. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent. The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. Bacon. All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction. Quincy. 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.
- Any substance which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.The proper menstruum to dissolve metal. Bacon.All liquors are called menstruums which are used as dissolvents, orto extract the virtues of ingredients by infusion or decoction.Quincy.
- n. (archaic) a solvent