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Disintegrate vs Disintegrant - What's the difference?

disintegrate | disintegrant |

As a verb disintegrate

is to undo the integrity of, break into parts.

As a noun disintegrant is

(medicine) any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water.

disintegrate

English

Verb

(disintegrat)
  • To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
  • * Kirwan
    • Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
  • To fall apart, break up into parts.

    • Synonyms

    * (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolve

    Antonyms

    * integrate

    Derived terms

    * disintegration * disintegrative * disintegrator

    disintegrant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Any material that is added to a pharmaceutical preparation to make it disintegrate (and thus release the active ingredient) on contact with water