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Aqueous

//ˈa.kwi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to water.
  2. 2
    Consisting mostly of water. Often used in the expression "aqueous solution". physical

    "It was dissolved in distilled water to prepare the exact aqueous dose (900 mg Kg −1 body weight) for intragastrical injection [ 9 ]."

Adjective
  1. 1
    produced by the action of water wordnet
  2. 2
    similar to or containing or dissolved in water wordnet

Etymology

Formed from Latin aqua + -ous (or from Medieval Latin aqueus), partly the analogy of Middle French aqueux (itself actually from Latin aquosus). Or based on the analogy of Latin terreus from terra.

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