ethylene dibromide (edb)
1ethylene dibromide — noun or ethylene bromide : a colorless heavy toxic liquid compound BrCH2CH2Br made by direct union of ethylene and bromine and used chiefly with tetraethyl lead in antiknock compositions and as a solvent; 1, 2 dibromo ethane * * * Chem. See EDB.… …
2ethylene dibromide — Compound used in antiknock gasolines. Severe skin irritant; may cause blistering. Inhalation causes delayed pulmonary lesions. Prolonged exposure may also result in liver and kidney injury. May be a human carci …
3ethylene dibromide — Chem. See EDB. Also called ethylene bromide. * * * …
4ethylene dibromide — noun Date: 1866 a colorless toxic liquid compound C2H4Br2 that is used chiefly as a fuel additive in leaded gasolines, that has been found to be strongly carcinogenic in laboratory animals, and that was used formerly in the United States as an… …
5EDB — can mean:* Economic Development Board, an organization of the Government of Singapore * The station code for Edinburgh Waverley railway station * Ethylene dibromide, a chemical substance also known as 1,2 Dibromoethane * External data bus, a… …
6EDB — early dry breakfast; electron dense body; Enrollment Database [Medicare]; ethylene dibromide; expert database; extended definition beta; extensor digitorum brevis * * * EDB abbr ethylene dibromide …
7EDB — agricult. abbr. Ethylene Dibromide milling abbr. Ethylene Dibromide comp. abbr. Embedded Database …
8EDB — abbreviation ethylene dibromide * * * Chem. ethylene dibromide: a colorless liquid, C2H4Br2, used as an organic solvent, an additive in gasoline to prevent lead buildup, and a pesticide and soil fumigant, esp. by citrus and grain farmers. * * *… …
9EDB — abbreviation ethylene dibromide …
10EDB — Chem. ethylene dibromide: a colorless liquid, C2H4Br2, used as an organic solvent, an additive in gasoline to prevent lead buildup, and a pesticide and soil fumigant, esp. by citrus and grain farmers. * * * …
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