dissolvent Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent.
- the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution

L. dissolvens, -entis, p. pr. of dissolvere.

Having power to dissolve power to dissolve a solid body; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, esp. by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent.
Melted in the crucible dissolvents. A. Smith.

The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. Mothley.
(Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc.