Dioxin

noun

/daɪˈɒksɪn/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounAny of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides.

2.nounThe parent compound, dibenzo-p-dioxin, in which two benzene rings are connected vio two oxygen atoms; oxanthrene.

3.nounThe unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds.

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