Acetum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Vinegar, sometimes medicated. obsolete
  2. 2
    sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alcohol in wine or cider and used as a condiment or food preservative wordnet
  3. 3
    a dilute solution of acetic acid that is used as a solvent (e.g. for a drug) wordnet

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vinegaracetic solution

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acētum.

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