Chrysotile Definition

krĭsə-tĭl
noun
A fibrous variety of serpentine, hydrous magnesium silicate, MG3SI2O5(OH)4, that is the principal source of asbestos.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chrysotile

Noun

Singular:
chrysotile
Plural:
chrysotiles

Origin of Chrysotile

  • German Chrysotil Greek khrūso- chryso- Greek tilos something plucked (from tillein to pluck)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chrysotile Sentence Examples

  • The regulations also extended the existing prohibition on the supply and use of products containing amphibole asbestos to those containing chrysotile.

  • Last year HSC carried out a widespread consultation on proposals to ban chrysotile.

  • Even published studies are now agreeing that in the pleura they find more chrysotile, mainly short fibers, than other types of asbestos.

  • The unresolved case of Canadian chrysotile is bound to cast a specter over the economic free-for-all.

  • At the last meeting, David Bernstein told a skeptical audience that " pure chrysotile is rapidly cleared from the lung.

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