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acetum
[ uh-see-tuhm ]
noun
- a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of acetum1
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Example Sentences
Digitalis to be taken every night for six nights, and a saline draught with forty drops of acetum scillit.
And Horace, in a well-known phrase, speaks of Italum acetum, which the scholiast renders by 'Romana mordacitas'.
The word occurs often in a sense in which acetum is the best representative, associated with verjuice and vinegar.
An Acetum digitalis is officinal in the Netherlands and Germany; an extract and infusion are also used to some extent.
In no writer is the Italum acetum found in so undiluted a sort.
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