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单词 attenuative
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attenuativeadj.n.

Etymology: < Latin attenuāt- (see attenuate v.) + -ive suffix.
Medicine. Obsolete.
A. adj.
Attenuating, attenuant.
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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 > [adjective] > thinning
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fusive1657
attenuative1684
attenuating1822
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 211 Its heat and attenuative virtue.
B. n.
An attenuating agent, an attenuant.
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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
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 105 The Spleen cannot endure Attenuatives.
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