abluent

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/ˈæb.lu.ənt/

adjective

Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.

OriginLatin abluēns →
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Meanings

adjectiveabluent (comparative more abluent, superlative most abluent)

comparative more abluent · superlative most abluent

  1. medicineWashing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
nounabluent (plural abluents)

plural abluents

  1. medicineA detergent.

Origin

  1. Latinabluēns
  2. Englishabluent

From Latin abluēns, present active participle of abluō (“to wash off or away; cleanse, purify”), from ab (“from, away from”) + lavō (“to wash, cleanse”). See lave.

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Translations

Dutch reinigend, reinigingsmiddel
  • reinigendwashing away
  • reinigingsmiddeldetergent
Portuguese abluente
  • abluentewashing away

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abluent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abluent.

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