a. and sb. Med. Obs. [ad. late L. aræōticus, a. Gr. ἀραιωτικός, f. ἀραιό-ειν to make thin: see -IC.] A. adj. Tending to make thin or reduce the fluids or humours of the body. B. sb. [sc. medicine.]
1634. T. Johnson, Parey’s Chirurg., XXVI. xi. (1678), 636. The Aræotick [Medicins], which we may call weak Resolvers.
1815. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 5), II. 531. Aræotics … rarefy the humours, and render them easy to be carried off by the pores.
