Etymology

antiputrescent

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Today it means: Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic. Full definition →

Latin antiputrēscēns
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromantiputrēscēns
  2. Latin · borrowed fromantiputrēscēns
  3. English todayantiputrescent

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

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