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English

fluoroprotein

From fluoro- + protein.

Formed from fluoro- + protein

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun A firefighting foam, containing fluorinated surfactants and protein, designed to cover the surface of hydrocarbon fuels.

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