Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of perhalogenate
adjectiveperhalogenated (not comparable)
- not comparablechemistryThoroughly halogenated: reacted with one or more halogens such that many hydrogen atoms have been replaced with those halogens.
Origin
By surface analysis, perhalogenate + -ed, or, by surface analysis, per- + halogenated.
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perhalogenated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perhalogenated
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