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61anti-inflammatory — adjective Date: 1844 counteracting inflammation • anti inflammatory noun …
62antileukemic — adjective Date: 1951 counteracting the effects of leukemia …
63antiscorbutic — adjective Date: 1725 counteracting scurvy < the antiscorbutic vitamin is vitamin C > • antiscorbutic noun …
64antitoxic — adjective Date: circa 1890 1. counteracting toxins 2. being or containing antitoxins < antitoxic serum > …
65compensate — verb ( sated; sating) Etymology: Latin compensatus, past participle of compensare, frequentative of compendere Date: 1646 transitive verb 1. to be equivalent to ; counterbalance 2. to make an …
66correction — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action or an instance of correcting: as a. amendment, rectification b. rebuke, punishment c. a bringing into conformity with a standard d. neutralization, counteraction …
67dutchman — noun Date: 14th century 1. capitalized a. archaic a member of any of the Germanic peoples of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Low Countries b. a native or inhabitant of the Netherlands c …
68immunity — noun (plural ties) Date: 14th century the quality or state of being immune; especially a condition of being able to resist a particular disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or by counteracting the… …
69nullify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Late Latin nullificare, from Latin nullus Date: 1595 1. to make null; especially to make legally null and void 2. to make of no value or consequence Synonyms: nullify, negate, annul, abrogate, invalidate …
70polyvalent — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1881 1. having a chemical valence greater usually than two 2. effective against, sensitive toward, or counteracting more than one toxin, microorganism, or antigen < polyvalent… …
