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addictant

addictant noun: an addictive substance.

Noun

addictant (plural addictants)

  1. An addictive substance
    • Furthermore, the frequency and size of the dosage of the addictant determine the extent of addiction.1981, Dan R. O'Banion, An Ecological and Nutritional Approach to Behavioral Medicine, page 40
    • This is an incredibly powerful addictant, an incredibly powerful, ability-to-kill drug.2025, Bill Cassidy, Congressional Record, U.S. Senate, S6712, September 18, 2025.

Adjective

addictant (comparative more addictant, superlative most addictant)

  1. Capable of causing addiction, addictive
    • Procaine and the related synthetic local anesthetics are not addictant.1957, Torald Hermann Sollmann, A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology, page 340

Forms of addictant

Noun
pluraladdictants
Adjective
comparativemore addictant
superlativemost addictant

Questions about addictant

What does addictant mean?
Addictant means an addictive substance.
What part of speech is addictant?
Addictant can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of addictant?
The plural of addictant is addictants.

Words near addictant in the dictionary

  1. Addick
  2. Addicks
  3. Addicott
  4. Addicotts
  5. addict
  6. addictant
  7. addicted
  8. addictedness
  9. addicting
  10. addictingly
  11. addiction

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