a. and sb. [ad. L. abluent-em, pr. pple. of ablue-ĕre to wash off or away; f. ab off + lu-ĕre to wash.] Washing away; carrying off impurities; abstergent. Used chiefly, if not entirely, in Med., where also sb. an abstergent.
1751. Chambers, Cycl., Abluents, Abluentia, in medicine, a name which some authors give to a sort of remedies, better known by the name of abstergents.
1853. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Abluent, washing away; that which washes away or carries off impurities.
