surfactant

English

Blend of surface-active +‎ agent.

surfactant (plural surfactants)

(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”.
Synonym: tenside
(biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

surface active agent

Arabic: عَامِل سَطْحِيّ (ʕāmil saṭḥiyy)
Bulgarian: повърхностно-акти́вно вещество́ n (povǎrhnostno-aktívno veštestvó)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 表面活性劑／表面活性剂 (zh) (biǎomiàn huóxìngjì), 界面活性劑／界面活性剂 (jièmiàn huóxìngjì)
Czech: tenzid (cs) m, surfaktant m
Finnish: tensidi (fi), pinta-aktiivinen aine, surfaktantti (fi)
French: tensioactif (fr), mouillant (fr), surfactant (fr), surfactif (fr)
German: Tensid (de) n, Netzmittel n, Benetzungsmittel n, Dispergiermittel n, Detergens (de) n, grenzflächenaktiver Stoff m
Italian: tensioattivo (it) m, surfattante (it), surfactante (it)
Japanese: 界面活性剤 (かいめんかっせいざい, kaimen-kasseizai)
Kazakh: беттік-активті заттек (bettık-aktivtı zattek)
Korean: 계면활성제(界面活性劑) (gyemyeonhwalseongje)
Persian: ماده فعال سطحی
Portuguese: surfactante (pt), tensioativo, tensoativo
Russian: пове́рхностно-акти́вное вещество́ (ru) n (povérxnostno-aktívnoje veščestvó)
Slovene: omočilo
Spanish: surfactante (es), tensoactivo, tensioactivo
Swedish: tensid (sv), surfaktant (sv)
Thai: สารลดแรงตึงผิว (sǎan-lót-rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu)
Turkish: sürfektan
Vietnamese: chất hoạt động bề mặt

lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs

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