A perfluorinated organic compound; especially any of a number of such compounds used in the form of emulsions as oxygen carriers in synthetic blood substitutes.
Origin
1960s. From perfluoro- + chemical.
Definition of perfluorochemical in US English:
perfluorochemical
noun
Chemistry
A perfluorinated organic compound; especially any of a number of such compounds used in the form of emulsions as oxygen carriers in synthetic blood substitutes.