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polychlorinated biphenyl

(abbreviation: PCB)
Definition of polychlorinated biphenyl

noun

Chemistry
  • any of a class of toxic aromatic compounds, often formed as waste in industrial processes, whose molecules contain two benzene rings in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine atoms.

polychlorinated biphenyl in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of polychlorinated biphenyl in the US English dictionary