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dissoluble

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dis⋅sol⋅u⋅ble

  [di-sol-yuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being dissolved: tablets dissoluble in water.
2. capable of being destroyed, as through disintegration or decomposition.
Origin:
1525–35; < L dissolūbilis, equiv. to dissolū-, s. of dissolvere to dissolve + -bilis -ble. See dis- 1 , soluble

Related forms:
dis⋅sol⋅u⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, dis⋅sol⋅u⋅ble⋅ness, noun
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dis·sol·u·ble   (dĭ-sŏl'yə-bəl)   
adj.  That can be dissolved: dissoluble airborne pollutants brought back to the earth as rain.

[Latin dissolūbilis, from dissolūtus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve; see dissolve.]
dis'sol·u·bil'i·ty, dis·sol'u·ble·ness n.
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