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menstruum
/ˈmɛn.stɹʊəm/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
aereal, other
VERB + MENSTRUUM
incompassing
MENSTRUUM + NOUN
additament, barel, office
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
The menses; menstrual discharge.
2
A solvent.
Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barely help to separate the principle obtained by it...
[T]hat combustible sulphureous Body is presently prey'd upon and devoured by the aereal incompassing Menstruum, whose office in this Particular I have shewn in the Explication of Charcole.
3
Any liquid medium
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnan
- menstruation
- menses
- catamenia
- period
- flow
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Whenever any menstruum or other additament is employed, together with the fire, to obtain a sulphur or a salt from a body, we may well take the freedom to examine, whether or no the menstruum do barel
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[T]hat combustible sulphureous Body is presently prey'd upon and devoured by the aereal incompassing Menstruum, whose office in this Particular I have shewn in the Explication of Charcole.
Wiktionary03
The analysis of mineral bodies... refined by the application of acid and alkaline menstrua, by Margraaf, Bergman, Bayen, and Achard, received still greater improvements from the labours of Klaprothk,
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