PERFLUOROCARBON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does perfluorocarbon mean? 

• PERFLUOROCARBON (noun)
  The noun PERFLUOROCARBON has 1 sense:

1. a powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum

  Familiarity information: PERFLUOROCARBON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERFLUOROCARBON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A powerful greenhouse gas emitted during the production of aluminum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

perfluorocarbon; PFC

Hypernyms ("perfluorocarbon" is a kind of...):

fluorocarbon (a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols)

greenhouse emission; greenhouse gas (a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation)

 Context examples 

A perfluorocarbon blood substitute in trials for the treatment of severe anemia

(Fluosol-DA, NCI Thesaurus)

Ventilation with perfluorocarbon fluid improves lung function in conditions involving surfactant deficiency and dysfunction, including respiratory distress syndrome and adult respiratory distress syndrome.

(Perflubron, NCI Thesaurus)