antiradical

adjective an·ti·rad·i·cal \ ˌan-tē-ˈra-di-kəl , ˌan-tī- \

variants: or anti-radical

Definition of antiradical

1 : opposed to or hostile toward radical movements or ideologies

2 medical : counteracting the harmful effects of free radicals on the body

… employing antiradical agents to halt the neurological damage triggered by oxygen radicals after strokes or injuries to the head and spinal cord …
—Linda Marsa

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or anti-radicalism play \ˌan-tē-ˈra-di-kə-ˌli-zəm, ˌan-tī-\ noun

- A similar form of conservative antiradicalism produced the Red Scare after the bombing of the home of Mitchell Palmer, the new attorney general in 1919 …
- —Barbara Franz

1819

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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adjective an·ti·rad·i·cal \ -ˈrad-i-kəl \

variants: or anti-radical

: counteracting the harmful effects of free radicals on the body

… others are employing antiradical agents to halt the neurological damage triggered by oxygen radicals after strokes or injuries to the head and spinal cord …
—Linda Marsa, The Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 1989