surfactant

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /sərˈfæktənt/

Etymology

surface-active agent

Noun

surfactant (plural surfactants)

1. (chemistry) A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".
2. (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

Translations

surface active agent

• Arabic: عامل سطحي (ar)
• Finnish: tensidi (fi), pinta-aktiivinen (fi) aine (fi), surfaktantti (fi)
• Italian: tensioattivo (it) m
• Japanese: 界面活性剤 (ja) (かいめんかっせいざい, kaimen-kasseizai)

• Russian: поверхностно-активное вещество (ru) (povérxnostno-aktívnoje vešestvó) n
• Slovene: omočilo (sl)
• Turkish: sürfektan (tr)

lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs

• Finnish: surfaktantti (fi)
• Japanese: 肺表面活性物質 (ja) (はいひょうめんかっせいぶっしつ, hai-hyōmen-kassei-busshitsu)

• Turkish: sürfektan (tr)