Usually means: Substances used to preserve samples.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. fixatives: Merriam-Webster
  2. fixatives: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fixatives: Wordnik
  4. fixatives: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. fixatives: Wiktionary
  6. fixatives: Dictionary.com
  7. Fixatives: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fixatives: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. fixatives: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Fixatives: Medical dictionary

(Note: See fixative as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (fixative)

noun:  A substance that fixes, protects, or preserves.
noun:  (perfumery) The components of a perfume that prolong or bolster the notes, and may or may not be the base note itself.
adjective:  Serving to fix or bind.
▸ Also see fixative


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