counteractant

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thing that counteracts, offsets, or reduces the effect of something else

   The physician administered a counteractant to limit the toxin's effects.

Formed from counteract + -ant, a suffix naming an agent or thing that performs an action. Counteract itself combines counter- ("against") with act.

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