CETRIMIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cetrimide" is a kind of...):

antimicrobial; antimicrobic; disinfectant; germicide (an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease)

cationic detergent; invert soap (a class of synthetic detergents in which the surface-active part of the molecule is the cation)

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