English Explanatory Dictionary

reagent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A compound or mixture of compounds used to treat or test materials, samples, other compounds or reactants in a laboratory or sometimes an industrial setting.

Pronunciation

/ɹiˈeɪ.d͡ʒənt/ en-ca-reagent.ogg

Word forms

reagent reagents reägent

Etymology

Possibly from Latin reagō. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål reagens. The sequence of act → action → agent → agency shows morphologic and semantic parallel, and apparent cognate relation, with react → reaction → reagent → reagency.

Related words

reagency

Derived words

affinity reagent Benedict's reagent Bertrand's reagent bioreagent Brady's reagent Edman's reagent Ehrlich's reagent Fenton's reagent Froehde reagent Gilman reagent Grignard reagent immunoreagent Kagan's reagent Karl Fischer reagent Kovac's reagent Liebermann reagent Marquis reagent Mayer's reagent Melzer's reagent Molisch's reagent monoreagent nanoreagent photoreagent reagentless Sanger's reagent Schweizer's reagent Sonnenschein's reagent Tollens' reagent van Urk reagent
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