dioxin

Definitions

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