benzoyl peroxide

benzoyl peroxide

n.

A flammable white granular solid, C₁₄H₁₀O₄, used as a bleaching agent for flour and lipids, as a drying agent, as a polymerization catalyst, and in pharmaceuticals.

ben′zoyl perox′ide

n.

a white, crystalline, explosive solid, C₇H₅O₄, used esp. as a bleach and in the treatment of acne.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

benzoyl peroxide - a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions blanching agent, bleaching agent, whitener, bleach - an agent that makes things white or colorless peroxide - an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-

Translations

benzoyl peroxide

n peróxido de benzoílo