antioxidant
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antioxidant (plural antioxidants)
- Any substance that acts to slow or prevent the oxidation of another chemical.
- (nutrition) One of a group of vitamins that act against the effects of free radicals.
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substance that slows oxidation
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vitamin that acts against free radicals
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antioxidant (not comparable)
- Acting or having agents that act against oxidation.
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acting against oxidation
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French antioxydant. By surface analysis, anti- + oxidant.
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antioxidant m (plural antioxidanți)
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Declension of antioxidant
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) antioxidant | antioxidantul | (niște) antioxidanți | antioxidanții |
genitive/dative | (unui) antioxidant | antioxidantului | (unor) antioxidanți | antioxidanților |
vocative | antioxidantule | antioxidanților |