| 单词 |
reducent |
| 释义 |
reducent, a. (and n.)|rɪˈdjuːsənt| [ad. L. redūcent-em, pr. pple. of redūcĕre to reduce.] A. adj. 1. Bot. and Zool. Of a vein, channel, etc.: That carries something back from a certain part. (Opp. to adducent; cf. abducent.)
1805tr. Willdenow's Botany v. 236 The reducent vessels only appear, when the plant is cut at the top, and put inverted in the liquid. 1848Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) II. ii. iv. 173 Both the adducent and reducent channels of the sap. 2. Med. Lowering.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 444 A reducent treatment..cannot be laid down as the proper plan to be pursued in general. Ibid. IV. 92 Copious venesections, purgatives and a reducent diet..will often indeed be found highly beneficial. B. n. That which reduces.
1847in Webster. |

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