menstruum
Origin of menstruum
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How to use menstruum in a sentence
Some parties have recommended quince juice as the menstruum.
The next most general correspondence is that between individual bodies and those which supply them by way of menstruum or support.
Novum Organum | Francis BaconIt is not durable, but soon changes in the menstruum into metallic gold, and peroxide.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreThese colloids appear to be separated by amyl alcohol in virtue of their greater solubility in that menstruum.
The statements in this book regarding alcohol content are approximate and are based on the alcohol contents of the menstruum used.
British Dictionary definitions for menstruum
/ (ˈmɛnstrʊəm) /
a solvent, esp one used in the preparation of a drug
a solid formulation of a drug
Origin of menstruum
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