What is the medical term meaning away from the midline of the body? Lateral means away from the midline. Lateral Lateral is a term that means farther from the midline of the body.
For other uses, see Solvent (disambiguation). A solvent (from the Latin solvÅ, I loosen, untie, I solve) is a substance that dissolves a solute (a chemically different liquid, solid or gas), resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid or a gas.
solvent. 1. dissolving; effecting a solution. 2. a substance, usually a liquid, that dissolves or is capable of dissolving; the component of a solution present in greater amount.(sÅlâ²vÉnt).olvent. 1. capable of dissolving other material. 2. the liquid in which another substance (the solute) is dissolved to form a solution. solvent drag. transfer of solutes across the intestinal wall by being carried along with the water flow driven by osmotic gradients across cell membranes.