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solvent (iou) and Schlich (medicine)


solvent (iou)



solvent adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin solvent- pres. ppl stem of solvere: see SOLVE, -ENT.]
A. adjective.
Able to pay one's debts or meet one's liabilities; financially sound. M17.
A. C. Amor Hunt had pawned everything..in a desperate attempt to remain solvent.
Capable of dissolving something; causing solution. L17.
b. noun.
A substance having the power of dissolving Other substances; esp. any of various volatile organic liquids used commercially in paints, glues, etc. Also, the major component in a solution, in which the solute is dissolved. L17.
An explanation, a solution. M19.
Comb.: solvent Abuse a form of drug Abuse in which volatile organic solvents are inhaled; solvent extract verb & noun (a) verb trans. purify by means of solvent extraction; (b) noun a fraction extracted from a mixture by this process; a spell of solvent extraction; solvent extraction the partial removal of a substance from a solution or mixture by utilizing its greater solubility in another liquid, sometimes via a permeable membrane.
? Earlier in INSOLVENT.
solventless adjective without a chemical solvent M20.

Schlich (medicine)


schlich
<chemistry> The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.

Alternative forms: slich, slick.

Origin: G.; akin to LG. Slik mud, D. Slijk, MHG. Slch.

Source: Websters Dictionary