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microplastics

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004096

Plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in diameter, that are generated from the degradation of larger pieces or are manufactured to be microstructures or smaller.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004096
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplastics; microparticles; nanoplastics
TranslationsSpanish: microplásticos
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004096",
  "term": "microplastics",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in diameter, that are generated from the degradation of larger pieces or are manufactured to be microstructures or smaller.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "plastics",
    "microparticles",
    "nanoplastics"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "microplásticos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/microplastics/"
}

Record 4,096 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.