liquefacient
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any agent, such as mercury, iodine, etc., that promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
Obsolete
adj
That liquefies.
Example Sentences
- "potassium hydroxide is a liquefacient of tissues"
- "sodium bicarbonate is a liquefacient to promote the expulsion of the false membrane."