dioxin
dio·xin
noun
1.
any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
Origin
PIE word *dwóh₁ From di- (prefix meaning ‘double; two’) + ox(ygen) + -in (suffix indicating a neutral chemical compound), a reference to the fact that the compound has two oxygen atoms.
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