# perfluorooctanoic acid

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A synthetic, stable perfluorinated carboxylic acid and fluorosurfactant with industrial applications, a toxicant and carcinogen in animals, persistent in the environment and associated with infertility.

## Etymology
From perfluoro- + octanoic acid.

## Source
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