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chlorhexidine

chlorhexidine noun: a particular chemical antiseptic and bacteriostatic.

Noun

chlorhexidine (uncountable)

  1. A particular chemical antiseptic and bacteriostatic.

Origin of chlorhexidine

From chlor- + hex- + -idine.

Words formed from chlorhexidine

Questions about chlorhexidine

What does chlorhexidine mean?
Chlorhexidine means a particular chemical antiseptic and bacteriostatic.
What part of speech is chlorhexidine?
Chlorhexidine is a noun.

Words near chlorhexidine in the dictionary

  1. chlorferone
  2. chlorfluazuron
  3. chlorguanide
  4. chlorhexadol
  5. chlorhexidene
  6. chlorhexidine
  7. chlorhexidine gluconate
  8. chlorhydrate
  9. chlorhydrates
  10. chlorhydria
  11. chlorhydric

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