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organochlorinated

organochlorinated adjective: describing a chlorinated organic compound, especially such a pesticide or other pollutant.

Adjective

organochlorinated (not comparable)

  1. Describing a chlorinated organic compound, especially such a pesticide or other pollutant.

Origin of organochlorinated

From organo- + chlorinated.

Questions about organochlorinated

What does organochlorinated mean?
Organochlorinated means describing a chlorinated organic compound, especially such a pesticide or other pollutant.
What part of speech is organochlorinated?
Organochlorinated is an adjective.

Words near organochlorinated in the dictionary

  1. organochalcogen
  2. organochalcogens
  3. organochemical
  4. organochloride
  5. organochlorides
  6. organochlorinated
  7. organochlorine
  8. organochlorines
  9. organochloroaluminate
  10. organochromium
  11. organoclastic

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