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PHA

PHA is the initialism of potentially hazardous asteroid.

PHA is the initialism of phytohemagglutinin.

PHA is the abbreviation of public health agency.

PHA is the initialism of polyhydroxyalkanoate.

Meaning of phytohemagglutinin

Noun

phytohemagglutinin (countable and uncountable, plural phytohemagglutinins)

  1. Any hemagglutinin (lectin) of plant origin, but especially that found in many beans that has a physiological action.
    Synonyms:
    PHA

Meaning of polyhydroxyalkanoate

Noun

polyhydroxyalkanoate (plural polyhydroxyalkanoates)

  1. Any of a group of linear polyesters produced in nature by bacterial fermentation.
    • CJ Biomaterials, Inc. of Woburn, MA, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a producer of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), has partnered with South Korea-based Dongil Platech to develop a new eco-friendly straw using polylactic acid (PLA) and CJ Biomaterials’ PHACT amorphous...2023 June 29, Mike Edwards, “Collaboration leads to eco-friendly straw made with polyhydroxyalkanoate”, in CPECN
    Synonyms:
    PHA

Proper noun capitalized: Pha

Pha (plural Phas)

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Forms of PHA

Noun
pluralPHAs
Proper noun
pluralPhas

Origin of PHA

Borrowed from Vietnamese.

Questions about PHA

What does PHA mean?
PHA means a surname from Vietnamese.
What is PHA the initialism of?
PHA is the initialism of potentially hazardous asteroid.
What part of speech is PHA?
PHA is a proper noun.

Words near PHA in the dictionary

  1. ph.
  2. Ph. D's
  3. Ph. D.
  4. Ph.D.
  5. ph33r
  6. PHA
  7. phaal
  8. phaals
  9. phablet
  10. phablets
  11. PHAC

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Adapted from Wiktionary: PHA (page history and authors); Pha (page history and authors); phytohemagglutinin (page history and authors); polyhydroxyalkanoate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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