dioxin

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ oxygen +‎ -in

dibenzo-p-dioxin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈɒksɪn/

  Rhymes: -ɒksɪn

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Noun

dioxin (plural dioxins)

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

Translations

toxic compound

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 二噁英／二𫫇英 (zh) (èr'èyīng), 二𫫇英 (zh) (èr'èyīng)

• Danish: dioxin c or n
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• Finnish: dioksiini (fi)
• French: dioxine (fr) f
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• Japanese: ダイオキシン (daiokishin)
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• Korean: 다이옥신 (daioksin)
• Latvian: dioksīns m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dioksin n

  Nynorsk: dioksin n

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• Portuguese: dioxina f
• Romanian: dioxină f
• Russian: диоксин (ru) m (dioksin)
• Swedish: dioxin c
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