ACETUM
\ˈasɪtəm], \ˈasɪtəm], \ˈa_s_ɪ_t_ə_m]\
Definitions of ACETUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug)
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sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
By Princeton University
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a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug)
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sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Vinegar. The vinegars (aceta) are made by treating vegetable drugs with dilute acetic acid. Two aceta are official in the U.S.P. and five in the B.P.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A liquor obtained by the acetous fermentation. Vinegar has a pungent odour, and a pleasant acid taste. One fluid ounce of the Acetum of the United States Pharmacopoeia is saturated by about 35 grains of crystallized bicarbonate of soda. It is refrigerant in fevers; antiseptic, and anti-narcotic; and externally is stimulant and discutient. Vinegar Whey is made by stirring a small wineglassful of vinegar, sweetened with a dessert spoonful of sugar, in a pint of milk; boiling for fifteen minutes, and straining. Like tamarind whey it is an agreeable drink in febrile affections.
By Robley Dunglison
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[Latin] Vinegar.
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[Latin] A vinegar; a medicinal preparation containing vinegar as a menstrum. A. anglicum, A. aromaticum, aromatic vinegar. A. cantharidis, vinegar of cantharides. A. crystallisabile, A. crudum, glacial acetic acid. A. ipecacuanhae, vinegar of ipecac. A. lignorum, wood vinegar. A. lithargyrl, solution of lead subacetate. A. opii, vinegar of opium. A. plumbi, solution of lead subacetate. A. pyrolignosum crudum, G.P., crude wood vinegar. A. pyrolignosum restificatum, G.P., distilled wood vinegar. A. Saturni, solution of lead subacetate. A. scillae, vinegar of squill.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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