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Abluent


AB'LUENT, adjective [Latin abluo, to wash away; ab and luo, or lavo, to wash.]

Washing clean; cleansing by water or liquids. [Little Used except as a noun.]

AB'LUENT, noun In medicine, that which thins, purifies or sweetens the blood. [See diluent and Abstergent.]