menstruums

Variant of menstruum

menstruum definition

men·struum (men′stro̵̅o̅ əm)

noun pl. menstruums -·stru·ums or menstrua -·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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