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antiputrefactive

antiputrefactive adjective: counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

Adjective

antiputrefactive (comparative more antiputrefactive, superlative most antiputrefactive)

  1. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
    Synonyms:
    antiputrescent

Noun

antiputrefactive (plural antiputrefactives)

  1. Any substance preventing putrefaction.

Synonyms of antiputrefactive

Forms of antiputrefactive

Adjective
comparativemore antiputrefactive
superlativemost antiputrefactive
Noun
pluralantiputrefactives

Origin of antiputrefactive

From anti- + putrefactive.

Questions about antiputrefactive

What does antiputrefactive mean?
Antiputrefactive means counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
What part of speech is antiputrefactive?
Antiputrefactive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antiputrefactive in the dictionary

  1. antipuritanical
  2. antipuritanism
  3. antipuritans
  4. antipuromycin
  5. antiputrefaction
  6. antiputrefactive
  7. antiputrefactives
  8. antiputrescent
  9. antiputrid
  10. antiputrids
  11. antipyic

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