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Descriptor English: Tetrachloroethylene
Descriptor Spanish: Tetracloroetileno
Descriptor tetracloroetilo
Entry term(s) percloroetileno
Scope note: Hidrocarburo clorado utilizado como solvente industrial y líquido refrigerante en trasnformadores eléctricos. Es un carcinógeno potencial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tetracloroetileno
Descriptor French: Tétrachloroéthylène
Entry term(s): Perchlorethylene
Perchloroethylene
Tetrachlorethylene
Tetrachloroethene
Tree number(s): D02.455.526.439.880
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013750
Scope note: A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent and cooling liquid in electrical transformers. It is a potential carcinogen.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Carcinogens
Environmental Pollutants
Solvents
Registry Number: TJ904HH8SN
CAS Type 1 Name: Ethene, tetrachloro-
DeCS ID: 14130
Unique ID: D013750
NLM Classification: QV 253
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Tetrachloroethylene - Preferred
Concept UI M0021212
Scope note A chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an industrial solvent and cooling liquid in electrical transformers. It is a potential carcinogen.
Preferred term Tetrachloroethylene
Entry term(s) Perchlorethylene
Perchloroethylene
Tetrachlorethylene
Tetrachloroethene



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