injurant

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adjective

Causing injury.

“Phosgene is a lung injurant.”

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Meanings

adjectiveinjurant (not comparable)
  1. not comparableCausing 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
nouninjurant (plural injurants)

plural injurants

  1. Any substance that causes injury.

    Phosgene is a lung injurant.

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APA

injurant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injurant

MLA

“injurant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injurant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “injurant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/injurant.

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