acetum
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A weak liquid made from acetic acid used to dissolve substances in laboratories
- noun
- /əˈsiːtəm/
- Archaic
:
acetato
- We need to dilute the acetum before use.
Examples
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The chemist prepared a solution of acetum for the experiment.
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Historically, certain tinctures used acetum as a solvent instead of alcohol.
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Doctors sometimes prescribed medicines dissolved in acetum for easier absorption.
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The laboratory technician prepared an acetum solution for testing.
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Doctors sometimes prescribed medicines dissolved in acetum for easier absorption.
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Historically, certain tinctures used acetum as a solvent instead of alcohol.
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The laboratory technician prepared an acetum solution for testing.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Acetum comes from Latin and originally meant 'vinegar', and it gave us English words like acetic and acid. So, in old medicine and chemistry an acetum was a sour, weak liquid (vinegar-like) used to dissolve medicines or as a solvent.
