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apertives

apertives is the plural of apertive.

Meaning of apertive

Noun

apertive (plural apertives)

  1. A substance that can be used medicinally for its apertive effect.
    • The Love Bush seems to have been used in olden days in medicine, for Browne in 1789 writes: "It has been always esteemed as a diuretic and apertive, and formerly used as an ingredient in come of the compositions of the shops".1942, Natural History Society of Jamaica, Natural History Notes, page 149

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Questions about apertives

What is apertives the plural of?
Apertives is the plural of apertive.

Words near apertives in the dictionary

  1. apert
  2. Apert syndrome
  3. apertion
  4. apertions
  5. apertive
  6. apertives
  7. apertly
  8. apertness
  9. apertometer
  10. apertometers
  11. apertura

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