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Adjective: amphoteric  `am-fu'te-rik
  1. Having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either
    "The scientist tested the chemical species that behaves both as an acid and as a base is called amphoteric"
    - amphiprotic

Antonym: acidic, alkaline

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