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injurant

injurant adjective: causing injury.

Adjective

injurant (not comparable)

  1. Causing injury.
    • Since GSH is thought to play a prominent role in protecting cells against the injurant effects of many electrophilic xenobiotic chemicals […]1991, Alan J. Feister, Medical Defense Against Mustard Gas, page 1991

Noun

injurant (plural injurants)

  1. Any substance that causes injury.
    • Phosgene is a lung injurant.

Forms of injurant

pluralinjurants

Questions about injurant

What does injurant mean?
Injurant means causing injury.
What part of speech is injurant?
Injurant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near injurant in the dictionary

  1. injunctively
  2. injunctives
  3. injuncts
  4. injuns
  5. injurable
  6. injurant
  7. injurants
  8. injure
  9. injured
  10. injured parties
  11. injured party

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