dioxin

As nouns the difference between initialism and dioxin

is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while dioxin is (organic chemistry) any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.

As nouns the difference between dioxin and dioxane

is that dioxin is any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides while dioxane is any of a class of six-membered, saturated heterocycles having four carbon atoms and two oxygen atoms in the ring.

As nouns the difference between dioxin and digoxin

is that dioxin is any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides while digoxin is a purified cardiac glycoside extracted from the foxglove plant, Digitalis lanata, widely used in the treatment of heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation.