Medical Dictionary
dimethylbenzanthracene
noun di·meth·yl·benz·an·thra·cene \-ben-ˈzan(t)-thrə-ˌsēn\
Medical Definition of DIMETHYLBENZANTHRACENE
: a carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C20H16 widely used in experimental research on carcinogenesis using animal models (as mice or rats)—abbreviation DMBA
Variants of DIMETHYLBENZANTHRACENE
di·meth·yl·benz·an·thra·cene also 7,12–di·meth·yl·benz·[a]·an·thra·cene \ˌsev-ən-ˌtwelv-(ˌ)dī-ˌmeth-əl-ben-ˈzan(t)-thrə-ˌsēn\
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