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colliquative, a. Med.|kəˈlɪkwətɪv| [a. F. colliquatif, -tive (Paré), f. L. colliquāt- (see prec.) + -ive.] Having the power or effect of liquefying or dissolving. Applied to profuse discharges which cause the body to waste away, or to diseases characterized by such discharges; as colliquative diarrhœa, colliquative sweat, colliquative fever. (Cf. colliquation 3 b.)
1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. (1672) 6 A burning colliquative Feaver. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. iv. 124 A colliquative, sharp and hot Flux. 1791Edin. New Disp. 528 The colliquative sweats attending hectic fevers. 1871Sir T. Watson Princ. Physic (ed. 5) II. 220 [The patient] appears to melt away under the influence of the purging, which is therefore said to be colliquative. |