reactant
Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.
A kind of
- chemical
Related words
- coreactant
- immunoreactant
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “reactant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.