Detergent

(de-ter' -jent). 1. Purifying; cleansing; abluent. 2. A drug, compound, or solution used for cleansing wounds, ulcers, etc. Determinant or Determining Part (de-ter' -min-ant). Weismann's name for one of the particles of germ-plasm corresponding to a group of biophors; a primary constituent of a cell or group of cells.