benzanthracene

[ ben-zan-thruh-seen ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon, C18H12, consisting of four fused benzene rings, produced by incomplete combustion of organic matter.

Origin of benzanthracene

1
First recorded in 1935–40; benz- + anthracene

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