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PABA

[ pah-buh ]

noun

  1. para-aminobenzoic acid.


PABA

/ ˈpɑːbə /

acronym for

  1. para-aminobenzoic acid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


PABA

/ /

  1. Short for para-aminobenzoic acid. A crystalline form of aminobenzoic acid that is part of the vitamin B complex. It is a growth factor required by some microorganisms, and it is often used in sunscreens.


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Example Sentences

The paba humbled himself before the speaker, and said, slowly and tearfully, The wise king is blinded by his hope.

Few are the friends left the paba, now that his religion and god are mocked; but the tzin is faithful.

A certain lord in the palace, who goes thrice a week to the shrine of Quetzal, has faith in the gossip and the paba.

And as the paba slowly conducted him from panel to panel, he forgot the treasure with which the chamber was stored.

If the wise master will listen to the words of his slave, he will not again curse the paba, but make him a friend.

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