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Noun: dissolvent  di'zól-vunt
  1. A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
    "the dissolvent does not change its state in forming a solution";
    - solvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent

Derived forms: dissolvents

Type of: medium

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