Prefix generally meaning "against, opposite or opposing, and contrary." In medicine, anti- often connotes "counteracting or effective against" as in antibacterial, anti-infective, and antiviral. Sometimes medical terms containing anti- take on new meanings as has occurred with antibiotic and antibody. As a prefix, anti- may be s [..]

as a stand-alone word, attested from 1788, originally in reference to the anti-federalists in U.S. politics (in the 1830s, of the Anti-Masonic party); as an adjective, from 1857. From anti- in various [..]

word-forming element meaning "against, opposed to, opposite of, instead," from Old French anti- and directly from Latin anti-, from Greek anti "against, opposite, instead of," also [..]

COAGULANT - A medication that prevents coagulation of the blood.

A prefix which means against or in opposition to. May mean counteracting when describing a process, for example, anti-aging.

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(n) a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)(adj) not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

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infectous - counteracting infection

inflammatory - controlling inflammation, a reaction to injury or infection

diarrhoeals - medicines that slow down the contractions (muscle movements) of the gut. This makes food move through more slowly and allows more water to be absorbed so stools (faeces) become firmer and less urgent.

spasmodic - a type of drug used to reduce painful spasms in the gut, such as mebeverine (Colofac), hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) and alverine citrate (Spasmonal).

TNF drugs - a type of drug used to treat IBD. These drugs are often called biologics. They work by blocking the effects of TNF-alpha, an inflammatory substance in the blood produced in excessive amounts in some people with IBD. Examples are infliximab, adalimumab and vedolizumab.

Adware - Anti-adware refers to any software utility or algorithm that scans your system and removes adware, spyware, keyloggers, trojans, and other malicious code from your computer. Anti-adware maybe [..]

Definition: (AN-tee) Prefix. Opposed or counter to (the word that follows).

THRUST BEARING: A special needle bearing secured to the cam sprocket or gear which prevents axial float of the camshaft into the timing case cover at high speed. This condition can drastically change [..]

In the representation of stereochemical relationships "anti" means "on opposite sides" of a reference plane, in contrast to "syn" which means "on the same side", as in the following examples. (A) Two substituents attached to atoms joined by a single bond are anti if the torsion angle (dihedral angle) between [..]

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Anti: Atoms, groups, or other portions of a molecule that point in opposite directions. These entities have a dihedral angle of more than 90o. The two methyl [..]

Static Additive-a substance added to a petroleum product to prevent the accumulation of static electricity.

Rolling Tanks - A pair of fluid-filled, usually water, tanks mounted on opposite sides of a ship below the waterline. Fluid would be pumped between them in an attempt to dampen the amount of roll.

TRIP CHINE- A flared out aft section of the side/bottom of the boat. The purpose is to prevent the hard chine of the boat catching a wake or small wave on a sharp turn.

fouling Systems (AFS) Convention 2001 - The International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships, adopted by the IMO (infra) on October 5, 2001, and in force 17 September 2008.

suit injunction - An extraordinary procedure where a court issues an order to the effect that proceedings in a second jurisdiction should not proceed. The injunction is usually 1) based on the principle of forum non conveniens (infra); and requires 2) that the first court is more convenient to the parties; 3) a motion of forum non conveniens has be [..]

dumping Laws

Dumping Tariffs

creep plate - Spring clips which snap onto the base of a rail and come up against the tie to prevent rail creep. Also called rail creep.

<prefix> A combining form or prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of, in relation to symptoms and diseases, curative. It is often shortened to ant-, such as; antacid, antarctic, when ant- appears before a vowel or 'h'. Examples include: antiscorbutic, anticlimax, antipope, anti-hero, anti-novel, anti [..]

radiation missile - A missile which homes on radio frequency radiation.

against, opposite

CORROSIVE ADDITIVE

FOAM ADDITIVE

OXIDANT

SCUFFING LUBRICANT

SEIZURE PROPERTY

WEAR ADDITIVE

(chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180°

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alias filter - A filter that attenuates noise and high-frequency components of an analog signal prior to its conversion into a digital value.

Estonian form of Andrew.