DETERGENTS
\dɪtˈɜːd͡ʒənts], \dɪtˈɜːdʒənts], \d_ɪ_t_ˈɜː_dʒ_ə_n_t_s]\
Definitions of DETERGENTS
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Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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from detergere, (de, and tergere, 'to clean,') 'to cleanse.' Detergentia, Detersoria, Extergentia, Abstergentia, Abstersiva, Abstersoria, Abluentia, Traumatica, Smectica, Emundantia, Mundificativa, Mundificantia, Rhyptica, Abstersives, (F.) Detersifa, Mundificatifs, Abluents. Medicines, which possess the power to deterge or cleanse parts, as wounds, nlcers, &c. They belong to the class of stimulants, or to that of emollients.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).