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anticatalyst

[an-tee-kat-l-ist, an-tahy-]
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noun Chemistry.
  1. an inhibitor.
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Origin of anticatalyst

First recorded in 1920–25; anti- + catalyst
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British Dictionary definitions for anticatalyst

anticatalyst

noun
  1. a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
  2. another name for inhibitor (def. 2)
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