Medicine/Medical. a remedy that causes resolution of a swelling or inflammation.
Origin
1670-80; < Latinresolvent- (stem of resolvēns), present participle of resolvere to resolve; see -ent
British Dictionary definitions for resolvent
resolvent
/rɪˈzɒlvənt/
adjective
1.
serving to dissolve or separate something into its elements; resolving
noun
2.
something that resolves; solvent
3.
a drug or agent able to reduce swelling or inflammation
resolvent in Medicine
resolvent re·sol·vent (rĭ-zŏl'vənt) adj. Causing or able to cause separation into constituents; solvent. n. A resolvent substance, especially a medicine that reduces inflammation or swelling.