# polyhaloalkane

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of very many aliphatic organic compounds derived from a hydrocarbon by the replacement of two or more hydrogen atoms with those of a halogen

## Etymology
From poly- + halo- + alkane.

## Source
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