DETERGENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 25

adj. De-tu6r'jeant. Lat., detergens. Fr., detergent, deters if. Ger., abfuhrend, reinigend. It., Sp., deter yente, detersivo. Cleansing, purging: as a n., a substance which cleanses, especially by external application. [L, 56 (a, 21).] [s. 540]