Attenuant(a.) Making thin, as fluids; diluting; rendering less dense and viscid; diluent.
Attenuant(n.) A medicine that thins or dilutes the fluids; a diluent.
Attenuate(a.) Alt. of Attenuated
Attenuate(v. i.) To become thin, slender, or fine; to grow less; to lessen.
Attenuate(v. t.) To make thin or slender, as by mechanical or chemical action upon inanimate objects, or by the effects of starvation, disease, etc., upon living bodies.
Attenuate(v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts.
Attenuate(v. t.) To lessen the amount, force, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken.
Attenuated(a.) Made thin or slender.
Attenuated(a.) Made thin or less viscid; rarefied.
Attenuated(imp. & p. p.) of Attenuate
Attenuating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Attenuate
Attenuation(n.) The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.
Attenuation(n.) The act of attenuating; the act of making thin or less dense, or of rarefying, as fluids or gases.
Attenuation(n.) The process of weakening in intensity; diminution of virulence; as, the attenuation of virus.
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