benzanthracene
[ ben-zan-thruh-seen ]
nounChemistry.
a carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon, C18H12, consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter.
Origin of benzanthracene
1First recorded in 1935–40; benz- + anthracene
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