klooripropanoli

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • (organic chemistry) chloropropanol any chemical obtained by chlorinating propanols, these generally harmful substances are often an unwanted byproduct of treating foodstuffs with chlorine compounds when processing them

Etymology

Compound from Finnish kloori (chlorine) + Finnish propanoli (propanol).

Origin

Finnish

propanoli

Gloss

propanol

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