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Dioxin - What does it mean?

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dioxin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides
  • (organic compound) the parent compound, dibenzo-p -dioxin, in which two benzene rings are connected vio two oxygen atoms; oxanthrene
  • (organic compound) the unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds

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