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CETRIMIDE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cationic detergent that is a powerful disinfectant
Classified under:
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)