dimethylbenzanthracene
noun
di·meth·yl·benz·an·thra·cene
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Medical Definition of dimethylbenzanthracene
: a carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C20H16 widely used in experimental research on carcinogenesis using animal models (as mice or rats)
—abbreviation DMBA