BPA

English

Noun

BPA (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of bisphenol A.
    • 2025 June 24, Isobel Whitcomb, “I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 June 2025:
      “Don’t touch this,” she says, explaining that most paper receipts contain a “toxic” chemical called bisphenol A, or BPA, which is easily absorbed through the skin and linked to health issues like infertility, hormone imbalances and certain cancers. [] But over the past decade, BPA has largely been phased out and replaced with a different chemical, bisphenol S, or BPS.

Proper noun

BPA

  1. Initialism of British Parking Association.

Anagrams

French

Noun

BPA m (plural BPA)

  1. (organic chemistry) abbreviation of bisphénol ABPA

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

BPA

  1. initialism of Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (Member of the Scottish Parliament)