extractant

extractant

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English extract
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Latin -ns
Latin -āns
Old French -antbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ant
English -ant
English extractant

    From extract + -ant.

    Noun

    extractant (plural extractants)

    1. (chemistry) A liquid used to extract a substance from another material.

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