polyquaternium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a several classes of polymers having quaternary ammonium functional groups; they act as surfactants in shampoos and various hair products

Word forms

polyquaternium polyquaterniums

Etymology

From poly- + quaternium.

Synonyms

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.