fume hood

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fume hood

noun fume hoods

A ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment. He turned the downstairs drawing room into a lab, installing a furnace, crucible, and fume hood, and stocking it with hundreds of beakers, flasks, pipes, and balances.

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noun a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken

Español	campana, campana de gases
Português	capela
Français	hotte
Deutsch	Abzug
Ελληνικά	απαγωγός apagogós

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@misc{fume_hood_2026,
  title = {fume hood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fume%20hood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}