Dissolvent

a. [Lat. dissolvens, p. pr. of dissolvere; It. dissolvente, Sp. disolvente, Fr. dissolvant. See supra.] Having power to melt or dissolve; as, the dissolvent juices of the stomach. Ray.

n. 1. That which has the power of dissolving or melting other substances, especially by mixture with them; a menstruum; a solvent. “Melted in the crucible with proper dissolvents.” A. Smith.

The secret treaty of December acted as an immediate dissolvent to the truce. Motley.

2Sense 2. (Med.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, &c. Dunglison.