Definition of Menstroum
Men"stru*um (?), n.; pl. E.
Menstruums (#), L. Menstrua (#).
[L. menstruus. See Menstruous.] Any substance
which dissolves a solid body; a solvent.
The proper menstruum to dissolve
metal. Bacon.
All liquors are called menstruums which are
used as dissolvents, or to extract the virtues of ingredients by
infusion or decoction. Quincy.
&fist; The use is supposed to have originated in some notion of
the old chemists about the influence of the moon in the preparation
of dissolvents. Johnson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- any solvent used for extracting medicinal compounds from plants etc.
Latin
- a monthly payment
- (in plural) menstrual discharge
- monthly
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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