POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL


Meaning of POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL in English

[poly.chlo.ri.nat.ed biphenyl] n (1962): any of several compounds that are produced by replacing hydrogen atoms in biphenyl with chlorine, have various industrial applications, and are poisonous environmental pollutants which tend to accumulate in animal tissues--called also PCB

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