injurant

English

Adjective

injurant (not comparable)

1. Causing injury.
   • 1991, Alan J. Feister, Medical Defense Against Mustard Gas, page 1991:

     Since GSH is thought to play a prominent role in protecting cells against the injurant effects of many electrophilic xenobiotic chemicals […]

Noun

injurant (plural injurants)

1. Any substance that causes injury.

   Phosgene is a lung injurant.