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abluent, a. and n.|ˈæbluːənt|
[ad. L. abluent-em, pr. pple. of ablu-ĕre to wash off or away; f. ab off + lu-ĕre to wash.]
Washing away; carrying off impurities; abstergent. Used chiefly, if not entirely, in Med.; where also n. an abstergent.
1751Chambers Cycl., Abluents, Abluentia, in medicine, a name which some authors give to a sort of remedies, better known by the name of abstergents. 1853Mayne Expos. Lex., Abluent, washing away; that which washes away or carries off impurities. |