A fume hood is a special cabinet used in laboratories to protect scientists and workers from breathing in harmful chemicals or toxic fumes. It sucks the fumes away and helps to keep the air clean and safe. Full definition
As they talked, Eroy - Reveles scribbled with a marker on the mirrored closet door, like she did on fume hoods in the chemistry lab where she worked as a postdoc at the University of California (UC), San Francisco. (sciencemag.org)
«We were getting headaches from tumbling naphthalene and biphenyl under fume hoods — and we deliberately picked some of the safest, most benign things that may exist on Titan to work with. (scientificamerican.com)
Niemi also emphasizes proper use and careful choice of protective equipment, including engineering controls such as fume hoods, disposable gloves, and respirators. (sciencemag.org)