thinner
pronunciation
How to pronounce thinner in British English:
UK [ˈθɪnə(r)]
How to pronounce thinner in American English:
US ['θɪnər]
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- Noun:
- a diluting agent
Word Origin
- thinner (n.)
- liquid used to dilute paint, ink, etc., 1904, agent noun from thin (v.).
Example
- 1. She stopped taking birth control pills and was treated with a blood thinner for six months .
- 2. Not long afterward , my mother declined additional medical tests and refused to put my father on a new anti-dementia drug and a blood thinner with troublesome side effects .
- 3. One year ago , on dec.17 , a humble , cowed fruit-seller in a small , provincial city in tunisia doused himself in paint thinner and set himself alight .
- 4. The u.s. food and drug administration found that many chinese drug suppliers provided contaminated ingredients for the blood thinner heparin , which in 2008 led to the deaths of 80 people and the allergic reactions of hundreds of others in the u.s.
- 5. Hepalink makes just one drug , a commonly used blood thinner called heparin , but the company has a huge advantage over competitors because it is the only chinese company with approval from the us food and drug administration to export finished heparin to the us .