bemotrizinol
US/ˌbimoʊˈtɹɪzɪnɒl/
bemotrizinol noun: an oil-soluble organic compound that is an active ingredient in sunscreens to absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays.
Noun
bemotrizinol (uncountable)
- An oil-soluble organic compound that is an active ingredient in sunscreens to absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays.
- For the first time in the 21st century, the United States has approved a new sunscreen ingredient. Well, new to us. It’s called bemotrizinol, also known as BEMT, and it’s been available in Europe and Asia for years. But the peculiar way that sunscreen is regulated in the United States — as an...2026 June 9, Dylan Scott, “The US just got its first new sunscreen in almost 30 years. America’s sunscreens have been stuck in the past. With BEMT, that’s finally changing”, in Vox
- Synonyms:
- BEMT
Synonyms of bemotrizinol
Questions about bemotrizinol
- What does bemotrizinol mean?
- Bemotrizinol means an oil-soluble organic compound that is an active ingredient in sunscreens to absorb the sun's ultraviolet rays.
- What part of speech is bemotrizinol?
- Bemotrizinol is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bemotrizinol?
- Bemotrizinol is pronounced /ˌbimoʊˈtɹɪzɪnɒl/ (US).
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