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reactant

/ri'æktənt/

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noun
a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
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chemical chemical substance

Definition that contains reactant

endergonic (biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free energy than the reactants
chain reaction a series of chemical reactions in which the product of one is a reactant in the next