Asbestos

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
A
Pronunciation
/æsˈbɛstəs/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. They claim the council has prejudiced their health by failing to deal with asbestos.
  2. There are basically two types called, in layman's terms, blue and white asbestos.
  3. Blue asbestos is far less common in buildings, which is just as well because it's more dangerous than white asbestos
  4. The prospectors have discovered such minerals as calcite, quartz and asbestos here.
  5. Asbestos(A) can be used to insulate a cooking stove.

Other meanings of A

American Gov
Anglo American Cataloguing Rule Academic
Animal Medical
Allergist Medical
Analog signal Gov
Act Community
Accord Gov
Akinetic Medical
Aperture Misc
augmenting reducing Medical