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Discutient vs Resolvent - What's the difference?

discutient | resolvent |

In medicine terms the difference between discutient and resolvent

is that discutient is serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive while resolvent is that which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

discutient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (medicine) Serving to disperse morbid matter; discussive.
    • a discutient application

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An agent, such as a medicinal application, that serves to disperse morbid matter.
  • * Wiseman
    • Foment with discutients .
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    resolvent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
  • (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
    • (Coxe)
  • (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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