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LIQUEFACIENT
1. That which serves to liquefy.
2. An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc, which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.
Origin: L. Liquefaciens, p. Pr. Of liquefacere. See Liquefy.
Source: Websters Vocabulary