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What does counteract mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word counteract? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on
  2. To deliberately act in opposition to, to thwart or frustrate
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They make a good remedy for anorexia and are well worth using to counteract the nausea often experienced while undergoing chemotherapy.
Ibuprofen, a common ingredient in pain relievers, may counteract with aspirin.
Anti-D injections are used to counteract the rhesus factor if it proves necessary after a blood test.
To counteract intestinal discharges probably caused by the calomel, surgeons administered tannin, sulphuric acid, or morphia.
Arginine appears to counteract the hypercholesterolemic effect of the essential amino acids lysine and methionine.
It's taken as an article of faith that ageing is caused by free-radical damage, which antioxidants can counteract.

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