DELIQUESCENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 24

adj. De2l-ia-kweas'eant. Lat., deliquescens. Fr., deliquescent. Ger., zerflie end, zerflie bar. 1. In a state of, or prone to undergo, deliquescence. 2. Branched so finely that the trace of the main axis is imperceptible, as in the head of an oaktree, [a, 24.] [s. 522]