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antiputrescent

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

Adjective

antiputrescent (comparative more antiputrescent, superlative most antiputrescent)

  1. Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.

Synonyms of antiputrescent

Forms of antiputrescent

comparativemore antiputrescent
superlativemost antiputrescent

Origin of antiputrescent

Borrowed from Latin antiputrēscēns. By surface analysis, anti- + putrescent.

Questions about antiputrescent

What does antiputrescent mean?
Antiputrescent means counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
What part of speech is antiputrescent?
Antiputrescent is an adjective.

Words near antiputrescent in the dictionary

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

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