What does "attrahent" mean?
Attrahent: That which attracts, as a magnet. The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill.
Additional senses
- 2.(Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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