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Word: dioxin
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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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