Anticatalyst

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any substance that inhibits the activity of a catalyst.
  2. 2
    (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst wordnet

Etymology

From anti- + catalyst.

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