anatabine

[uh-nat-uh-been, -bin]

noun Chemistry.

a liquid alkaloid, C₁₀H₁₂N₂, obtained from tobacco.

Origin:
ana- + Spanish tab(aco) tobacco + -ine²

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Anatabine is always a great word to know.

So is scavenger. Does it mean:

to remove impurities from a gas by chemical means, as sulfur dioxide from smokestack gas or carbon dioxide from exhaled air in life-support packs

a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture

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