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- [koun-ter-akt]
- /ˌkaʊn tərˈækt/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [koun-ter-akt]
- /ˌkaʊn tərˈækt/
Definitions of counteractant word
- verb with object counteractant to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action. 1
- noun counteractant Anything that serves to counteract something else. 0
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Origin of counteractant
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80; counter- + act
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Parts of speech for Counteractant
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
counteractant popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
counteractant usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for counteractant
noun counteractant
- remedy — something that cures or relieves a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment.
- cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- corrective — Corrective measures or techniques are intended to put right something that is wrong.
- medicine — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the health professions by doctors, nurses, and others involved in allied health care services. A dictionary with authoritative spellings and definitions is a particularly crucial resource in medicine, where a misspelling or misunderstanding can have unfortunate consequences for people under care. Print dictionaries in this field may be sorted alphabetically or may be categorized according to medical specializations or by the various systems in the body, as the immune system and the respiratory system. The online Medical Dictionary on Dictionary.com allows alphabetical browsing in the combined electronic versions of more than one authoritative medical reference, insuring access to correct spellings, as well as immediate, direct access to a known search term typed into the search box on the site: A medical dictionary reveals that large numbers of medical terms are formed from the same Latin and Greek parts combined and recombined.
- antitoxin — an antibody that neutralizes a toxin
Antonyms for counteractant
noun counteractant
- disease — a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
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