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Definition of Diluents
1. diluent [n] - See also: diluent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diluents
Literary usage of Diluents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy by John Murray (1810)
"diluents are prescribed principally in acute inflammatory diseases, ... And there
are some chronic diseases in which diluents appear advantageous. ..."
2. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"diluents.—Very little has been said thus far as to diluents in modifying cows' milk.
The principal function of diluents is to dilute or cut up the casein of ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"All these are mere diluents; though there are some who actually prefer an admixture
of chicory for its flavor though it gives black, bitter and muddy ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1789)
"... the Operation of diluents upon them. With Dilution practically applied to
particular ... of diluents, as being part of diet ; but their ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Gas Institute by American Gas Institute (1913)
"THE PRESIDENT: The next paper will be the "Effect of Various diluents on the
Candle-Power of Oil-Gas," by Dr. AH Elliott. EFFECT OF VARIOUS diluents ON THE ..."
6. Medical Notes and Reflections by Henry Holland (1857)
"ON THE USES OF diluents. THOUGH there may seem no sufficient reason for ...
On the Continent, indeed, the use of diluents is much more extensive than in ..."
7. Bibliotheca Therapeutica, Or, Bibliography of Therapeutics: Chiefly in by Edward John Waring (1878)
"This is the very kernel itself, though enshrouded in sixteen pages of print.—Brit,
and For. Med.-Chir. Bev., Jan., 1870, p. 169. diluents. 1702. ..."
8. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1901)
"CHAPTER X SOLVENTS AND diluents THE liquids to which attention is directed in the
... Before considering the chief solvents and diluents, a list of the most ..."
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