Dictionary entry

Attenuant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

At‐ten″u‐ant (�), a. [L. attenuans, p. pr. of attenuare: cf. F. atténuant. See Attenuate.] Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent. — n.(Med.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.