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active ingredient

noun

Definitions

  1. The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the…

    The specific compound in a natural or man-made mixture that is responsible for the mixture's activity.

  2. The essence of something, or a sine qua non that it requires.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for active ingredient. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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