menstruum
menstruum
Definition
men·struum (men′stro̵̅o̅ əm)
noun pl. -·stru·ums or -·strua-ə
a liquid that dissolves a solid; a solvent, esp. one used to extract a drug from a plant
Etymology: ML, orig. neut. of L menstruus (see menstruous): from an alchemistic notion of the power of the menses as a solvent
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