Medical Dictionary

phenylene

noun phen·yl·ene \ˈfen-əl-ˌēn\

Medical Definition of PHENYLENE

:  any of three bivalent radicals C6H4 derived from benzene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the ortho, meta, or para positions

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