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Definitions of dioxin:
  • noun:   any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides



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oxo in-suffix carcinogen endocrine-disruptor pcb persistent-organic-pollutant pollution toxicology agent-orange aromatic-compound organic-chemistry halocarbon bioaccumulation wildlife lipophilicity teratology mutagen skeletal-formula substituent benzene congener nato industrialisation times-beach-missouri missouri love-canal new-york seveso italy viktor-andriyovych-yushchenko ukraine environmental-protection-agency dioxin-reassessment-report australia united-kingdom body-burden world-health-organization food-chain herbicide belgium adsorption-method-for-sampling-of-dioxins-and-furans reference-dose breastfeed chlorine chloride ion organochloride upper-atmosphere quench dioxin-chart-png pentachlorophenol 2-4-dichlorophenoxyacetic-acid 2-4-5-trichlorophenoxyacetic-acid 1960s photochemistry triclosan smoke-constituents pesticide plastic resin bleach tampon hormesis half-life cytochrome-p450 dioxin nonlinear-system stockholm-convention treaty tcdd aryl-hydrocarbon-receptor acne-vulgaris chloracne tooth-enamel tooth immune-system endometriosis diabetes-mellitus immunotoxin hepatotoxicity endocrine-system growth-factor immunity-medical nervous reproduction-4 neoplasia adrenal-gland squamous-epithelium hepatocellular-carcinoma united-states vietnam national-academy-of-sciences 2003 centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention operation-ranch-hand 1949 nitro-west-virginia 1963 philips solvay-process