“4”

The following 4 entries include the term 4.

4-aminobiphenyl

noun

: a carcinogenic chemical compound C12H11N with a floral odor that is present in tobacco smoke, occurs as an impurity in diphenylamine, was formerly used as a stabilizer of rubber and in the manufacture of azo dyes, and is now chiefly limited to use in laboratory research

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

noun

: 2,4-d

2,4-D

noun

: a white crystalline irritant compound C8H6Cl2O3 used as a weed killer see agent orange

2,4,5-T

noun

: an irritant compound C8H5Cl3O3 used especially formerly as an herbicide and defoliant see agent orange


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