surfactant

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  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)  A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
 * 1)  A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَامِل سَطْحِيّ
 * Bulgarian: повърхностно-акти́вно вещество́
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 界面活性劑
 * Czech:, surfaktant
 * Finnish:, pinta-aktiivinen aine,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, Netzmittel, Benetzungsmittel, Dispergiermittel, , grenzflächenaktiver Stoff
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 界面活性剤
 * Kazakh: беттік-активті заттек
 * Korean: 계면활성제(界面活性劑)
 * Persian: ماده فعال سطحی
 * Portuguese:, tensioativo, tensoativo
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: omočilo
 * Spanish:, tensoactivo, tensioactivo
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: สารลดแรงตึงผิว
 * Turkish: sürfektan
 * Vietnamese: chất hoạt động bề mặt


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 肺表面活性物質
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: sürfektan