PAH

PAH

See also: pah

English

Noun

PAH (plural PAHs)

1. (biochemistry) Initialism of phenylalanine hydroxylase.

   Synonym: EC 1.14.16.1

   Coordinate terms: PAL, PKU, Phe

2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
   • 2022 February 9, Karen McVeigh, “‘Oil spills of our time’: experts sound alarm about plastic lost in cargo ship disasters”, in The Guardian‎, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 2022-02-11, Seascape: the state of our oceans:

     Researchers analysed samples of nurdles and burnt lumps of plastic from four Sri Lankan beaches for heavy metals and various chemicals, including benzotriazole UV-stabilisers, which are used to prevent discoloration in plastics, bisphenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

3. (pathology) Initialism of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
4. (medicine) Initialism of paradoxical adipose hyperplasia.

Related terms

• (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon): PANH (“polycyclic aromatic nitrogen heterocycle”)

Translations

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

French: HAP (fr) m German: PAK (de) Spanish: HAP m Turkish: PAH (tr)

Further reading

• PAH on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AHP, HAP, PHA, Pha, hap