hexachlorophene

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Noun

hexachlorophene (countable and uncountable, plural hexachlorophenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A polyhalogenated compound, 2,2'-methylenebis(3,4,6-trichlorophenol)-3,4,6-trichloro-2-[(2,3,5-trichloro-6-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]phenol, once used as a disinfectant

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