liquefacient
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin liquefaciens, present participle of liquefacere. See liquefy.
Noun edit
liquefacient (plural liquefacients)
- That which serves to liquefy.
- (medicine, obsolete) Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
Adjective edit
liquefacient (not comparable)
- That liquefies.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “liquefacient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Verb edit
liquefacient