attenuantadj.n.
/əˈtɛnjuːənt/ A. adj.
Having the property of attenuating; spec. in Medicine of thinning the humours or secretions.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > rarefied > rarefying or characterized by rarefaction
rarefactive?a1425
subtiliative?a1425
attenuant1603
subtilizing1611
subtiliating1659
rarefactional1909
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > thinning
attenuant1603
fusive1657
attenuative1684
attenuating1822
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 783 They put into the stomach those things that be attenuant.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters iii. 151 The attenuent diluting..qualities of the water.
1855 Doran Queens of Eng. II. i. 11 [Eringo] root was attenuant and deobstruent.
B. n.
A drug or agent having this property.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > thinning medicine
attenuative1656
attenuater1684
attenuant1726
araeotic1815
1726 P. Huxham in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 392 One seasonable vomit..acting as an Attenuant.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 67 The fruit of..Belleric Myrobalan is an astringent, tonic, and attenuant.
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