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attenuant

[ uh-ten-yoo-uhnt ]

noun

  1. a medicine or agent that thins the blood.

attenuant

/ əˈtɛnjʊənt /

adjective

  1. causing dilution or thinness, esp of the blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsolete.
    an attenuant drug or agent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of attenuant1

First recorded in 1595–1605, attenuant is from the Latin word attenuant- (stem of attenuāns thinning, present participle of attenuāre ). See at-, tenuis, -ant
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Example Sentences

As a diuretic and attenuant in dropsy, or as an expectorant in chronic coughs.

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