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单词 dioxin
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dioxin

[ dahy-ok-sin ]
/ daɪˈɒk sɪn /

noun Chemistry.

a general name for a family of chlorinated hydrocarbons, C12H4Cl4O2, typically used to refer to one isomer, TCDD, a by-product of pesticide manufacture: a toxic compound that is carcinogenic and teratogenic in certain animals.
Also called TCDD
Compare Agent Orange.

Origin of dioxin

First recorded in 1965–70; di-1 + ox- + -in2

Words nearby dioxin

diovular, diovulatory, dioxan, dioxane, dioxide, dioxin, dioxygenase, dip, DipAD, dip-and-scarp, DipChemEng
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Example sentences from the Web for dioxin

  • Dioxin” is the dirtiest of dirty words and this designation, like the chemical itself, does not degrade.

    Antibacterial Soap’s Deadly Secret|Kent Sepkowitz|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Unfortunately, the waste oil had a dioxin concentration 2,000 times higher than that in Agent Orange.

    Antibacterial Soap’s Deadly Secret|Kent Sepkowitz|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • It is the connection of triclosan to dioxin that has appropriately raised the hackles of so many.

    Antibacterial Soap’s Deadly Secret|Kent Sepkowitz|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Yushchenko had been poisoned with dioxin during the campaign, most likely by allies of Moscow.

    Yulia Tymoshenko: She's No Angel|Christopher Dickey|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for dioxin

dioxin
/ (daɪˈɒksɪn) /

noun

any of a number of mostly poisonous chemical by-products of the manufacture of certain herbicides and bactericides, esp the extremely toxic 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for dioxin

dioxin
[ (deye-ok-sin) ]

A group of pollutants created as by-products in many industrial processes. Dioxins accumulate in human tissue and affect human metabolism. They are carcinogens. Eliminating dioxins is an important goal of environmental policy.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Medical definitions for dioxin

dioxin
[ dī-ŏksĭn ]

n.

Any of several carcinogenic or teratogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in petroleum-derived herbicides.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for dioxin

dioxin
[ dī-ŏksĭn ]

Any of several toxic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in petroleum-derived herbicides, disinfectants, and other products. Dioxins are composed of two benzene rings connected by two oxygen atoms, and the most familiar kind, called TCDD, has two chlorine atoms attached to each benzene ring. TCDD was once thought to cause cancer and birth defects, but subsequent research showed it to have only mild toxic effects except at very high exposure levels.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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