Chemicals and Drugs

Solvents

Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)

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  • Solvent

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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  1. D27.720.844w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Solvents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012997. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012997
  2. Solvents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent
  3. Solvents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146505