acetum

American  

[uh-see-tuhm] / əˈsi təm /

noun

1. a preparation having vinegar or dilute acetic acid as the solvent.

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acetum British  

/ əˈsiːtəm /

noun

1. another name for vinegar

2. a solution that has dilute acetic acid as solvent

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Etymology

Origin of acetum

< Latin: vinegar; cf. aceto-

Example Sentences

Pro eo quod dulci suo vino eos laetificarat, acetum ei porrexerunt; pro felle autem magna ejus miseratio amaritudinem gentium dulcem fecit.”

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

Digitalis to be taken every night for six nights, and a saline draught with forty drops of acetum scillit. twice in the day.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

The water having been thus entirely evacuated, he was ordered saline draughts with acetum scilliticum and pills of salt of steel and extract of gentian.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

Thus a favorite expectorant mixture contains carbonate of ammonia five grains, acetum ipecac, ten minims, and solution of saccharin in each dose.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

The word occurs often in a sense in which acetum is the best representative, associated with verjuice and vinegar.

From Notes and Queries, Number 73, March 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George