Usually means: Chemicals used to soften plastics.
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  10. phthalate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Definitions from Wiktionary (phthalate)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a phthalic acid.

Similar:
phthalide, phthalyl, phthaloyl, phthalic acid, terephthalate, phosphate, biphthalate, phthalamide, tetraphthalate, phthaloylation, more...

Phrases:
dibutyl phthalate, Dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, butyl phthalate, phthalate ester, more...

Adjectives:
butyl, ethylhexyl, dibutyl, dimethyl, potassium, octyl, diethyl, acid, diallyl, dibasic, dioctyl

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Similar:
phthalide, phthalyl, phthaloyl, phthalic acid, terephthalate, phosphate, biphthalate, phthalamide, tetraphthalate, phthaloylation, more...

Phrases:
dibutyl phthalate, Dimethyl phthalate, diethyl phthalate, butyl phthalate, phthalate ester, cyclohexanol phthalate, dioctyl phthalate, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, bis phthalate, Cellulose acetate phthalate, more...

Adjectives:
butyl, ethylhexyl, dibutyl, dimethyl, potassium, octyl, diethyl, acid, diallyl, dibasic, dioctyl



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