PFOA

P3F4O1A1

A form of perfluorooctanoic acid — 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.

UncommonScrabble 9
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

PFOA1

nounPFOA (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablechemistryAbbreviation of perfluorooctanoic acid.

    The new maximum contaminant level goal for PFOA and PFOS — a non-enforceable, health-based goal — will be zero.

    2024 April 10, Jen Christiensen, “Biden administration sets first national standard to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water”, in CNN

Pfoa2

nounPfoa (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of PFOA.

    Between the 1950s and 2012, the facility emitted an estimated 49 tonnes of the carcinogenic chemical Pfoa.

    2026 July 10, Pippa Neill, “‘I just want to know if it has caused my cancer’: life in the shadow of Lancashire Pfas factory”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
perfluorooctanoic acid
Cite this entry
APA

PFOA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PFOA

MLA

“PFOA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PFOA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PFOA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PFOA.

Source: PFOA on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.