| ACETAMINOPHEN | • acetaminophen n. (North America) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever. • ACETAMINOPHEN n. (US) paracetamol, a chemical compound used in medicine to relieve pain and fever. |
| ANTIHISTAMINE | • antihistamine n. (Pharmacology) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate… • ANTIHISTAMINE n. any of a group of drugs that prevents the action of histamines in allergic conditions. |
| AYUNTAMIENTOS | • ayuntamientos n. Plural of ayuntamiento. • AYUNTAMIENTO n. (Spanish) a municipal council. |
| CONTAMINATING | • contaminating v. Present participle of contaminate. • CONTAMINATE v. to pollute by contact or association. |
| CONTAMINATION | • contamination n. The act or process of contaminating. • contamination n. Something which contaminates. • contamination n. (Linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. |
| CONTAMINATIVE | • contaminative adj. That contaminates. • CONTAMINATIVE adj. tending to contaminate. |
| CONTAMINATORS | • contaminators n. Plural of contaminator. • CONTAMINATOR n. one who contaminates. |
| DECONTAMINANT | • decontaminant n. Any substance used for decontamination. • DECONTAMINANT n. an agent that decontaminates. |
| DECONTAMINATE | • decontaminate v. (Transitive) To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe. • DECONTAMINATE v. to rid of contamination. |
| HIPPOPOTAMIAN | • hippopotamian adj. Resembling or characteristic of a hippopotamus. • HIPPOPOTAMIAN adj. like a hippopotamus, clumsy, also HIPPOPOTAMIC. |
| HISTAMINERGIC | • histaminergic adj. Of or pertaining to the effects of histamine at a receptor in an affected tissue. • HISTAMINERGIC adj. liberating or activated by histamine. |
| MULTIVITAMINS | • multivitamins n. Plural of multivitamin. • MULTIVITAMIN n. a pill containing several vitamins. |
| RECONTAMINATE | • recontaminate v. To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination. • RECONTAMINATE v. to contaminate again. |
| STAMINIFEROUS | • staminiferous adj. (Botany) Bearing or having stamens. • STAMINIFEROUS adj. bearing stamens. |
| SULFACETAMIDE | • sulfacetamide n. (Pharmacology) A sulfonamide antibiotic. • sulfacetamide n. (Organic chemistry) The amide of sulfacetic acid. • SULFACETAMIDE n. a sulphonamide used in eye drops against conjunctivitis, etc., also SULPHACETAMIDE. |