Chnops

//ʃnɑps// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    CHNOPS; Acronym of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, sulfur. uncountable

Etymology

From translingual C + translingual H + translingual N + translingual O + translingual P + translingual S. From the translingual CHNOPS.

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