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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
dioxin
 
SYLLABICATION:di·ox·in
PRONUNCIATION:  d-ksn
NOUN: Any of several carcinogenic or teratogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in petroleum-derived herbicides.
ETYMOLOGY: di–1 + ox(o)– + –in.
 
 
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