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Definition: Dioxin |
DioxinNoun1. Any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dioxin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
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Agriculture | Any of a group of toxic chlorinated compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins (or the most toxic of these compounds, 2,3,7,8 tetrachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin). They are produced inadvertently as a by-product of chemical production or combustion and are widespread pollutants in the environment. (references) |
Environment | Any of a family of compounds known chemically as dibenzo-p-dioxins. Concern about them arises from their potential toxicity as contaminants in commercial products. Tests on laboratory animals indicate that it is one of the more toxic anthropogenic (man-made) compounds. (references) |
Public Administration | A group of chemical substances, especially the compound 2, 3, 7, 8-tetra chlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, a toxic substance used in manufacturing some herbicides; harmful effects in minute quantities are capable of causing severe illness and chromosomal malformations. A major accident occurred in Seveso in 1976, a consequence of which was the adoption by Member States of EC Directive 82/501(The Seveso Directive)for the control of major industrial hazards. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dioxin is the term used to describe a family of toxic chlorinated organic compounds that can travel long distances and bioaccumulate in humans and wildlife due to their fat solubility. The most notorious of those is 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, often abbreviated as TCDD.
Dioxin builds up in living tissue over time, so even small exposures can accumulate to dangerous levels.
Dioxins cause a severe form of persistent acne (known as chloracne) in humans and developmental abnormalities and cancers in animals. The U.S. government has recently listed dioxin as a known human carcinogen, but debate on human effects continues.
Both veterans groups and Vietnamese groups (including the Vietnamese government) have convened scientific studies to explore their belief that dioxins were responsible for a host of disorders, including tens of thousands of birth defects in children, amongst Vietnam veterans as well as an estimated one million Vietnamese, through their exposure to Agent Orange, which was found to be highly contaminated with TCDD.
The most recent study, paid for by the National Academy of Sciences, was released in an April 2003 report.
Large amounts of dioxin were released in an industrial accident at Seveso in 1976. In 1978, dioxin was one of the contaminants that forced the evacuation of the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York. Dioxoin also caused the 1983 evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri.
Dioxins are produced when organic material is burned in the presence of chlorine, whether the chlorine is present as chloride ions, or as organochlorine compounds, so they are widely produced in many contexts such as:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dioxin."
Crosswords: Dioxin |
| Specialty definitions using "dioxin": TCDD. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dioxin" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (dioxin). |
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Business | Tricon's efforts to launch KFC in Belgium have been setback by the recent dioxin scandal. (references) | |
Koreans hope that this operation may offer them a more innovative means of solving their dioxin emission problems. (references) | ||
High-quality filter technologies such as dioxin and furan filters offer particularly good market opportunities, especially as a result of Korea's planned extension and up grading of its solid waste incinerator facilities. (references) | ||
Economic History | Philippines | With the recent problems with European sanitary problems like dioxin, FMD and BSE, the Philippine feed industry may increasingly depend on soybean meal for protein. (references) |
Italy | The media has had a major role in this increased interest in organic/natural foods, particularly by constant reporting on food safety problems such as BSE, dioxin, and other food safety problems. (references) | |
Belgium | General elections were last held on June 13, 1999. Driven in part by resentment over a mishandled dioxin food-contamination crisis in June 1999, Belgian voters rejected Jean Luc-Dehaene's longstanding coalition government of Christian Democrats and Socialists and voted into power a coalition put together by Flemish Liberal Leader Guy Verhofstadt. (references) | |
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| "Dioxin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.77% of the time. "Dioxin" is used about 81 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.77% | 80 | 37,112 |
| Noun (common) | 1.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 81 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "dioxin": dioxin-contaminated, dioxin-covered, dioxin-laden, dioxin-like, dioxin-pollution. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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dioxin | 148 |
dioxin tampons | 16 |
carcinogens dioxin | 10 |
dioxin pollution | 8 |
2003 dioxin | 4 |
dioxin fish in | 3 |
dioxin epa sewage sludge | 3 |
dioxin plastic | 3 |
dioxin hoax | 2 |
dioxin endometriosis | 2 |
dioxin in tampons | 2 |
dioxin testing | 2 |
dioxin picture | 2 |
dioxin microwave | 2 |
dioxin in missouri poisoning | 2 |
dioxin poisoning | 2 |
dioxin poultry | 2 |
dioxin epa | 2 |
dioxin photo | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "dioxin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dioxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | dioxine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | dioksiini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dioxine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dioxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | διοξίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | dioxin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | diossina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ioxinday dioxina. (various references) dioxina. (various references) dioxiner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dioxin": dioxins. (additional references) | |
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"Dioxin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: digoxin, digoxsin, diiodine, diosin, diotin, dioxan, dioxen, dioxi, dioxic, dioxid, dioxine, dioxon, Dixen, doxen, doxin, Dufoix, joxin, mitoxine. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dioxin" (pronounced dī'Ä"ksun) |
| 5 | -Ä" k s u n | aflatoxin, antitoxin, oxen, toxin. |
| 4 | -k s u n | claxon. |
| 3 | -s u n | angiotensin, arson, assassin, basin, bison, bolson, businessperson, capsaicin, chairperson, chasten, christen, comparison, congressperson, damson, delicatessen, diocesan, Dobson, ensign, fasten, garrison, Gibson, glisten, hasten, Hyson, jettison, keelson, kelson, layperson, lessen, lesson, listen, loosen, Mason, medicine, moisten, myosin, Nelson, newsperson, oxytocin, parson, person, rechristen, rhodopsin, salesperson, spokesperson, unison, venison, washbasin, weatherperson, worsen. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-i-i-n-o-x" | |
-1 letter: iodin. | |
-2 letters: nidi, nodi, oxid. | |
-3 letters: din, don, ion, nix, nod. | |
-4 letters: do, id, in, no, od, on, ox, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-i-i-n-o-x" | |
+1 letter: digoxin, dioxins. | |
+2 letters: digoxins. | |
+3 letters: digitoxin, endomixis, minoxidil, oxidating, oxidation, oxidising, oxidizing. | |
+4 letters: digitoxins, dominatrix, expedition, indexation, minoxidils, oxidations, peroxiding, pyridoxine. | |
+5 letters: antioxidant, deoxidation, deoxidizing, detoxifying, doxorubicin, endomixises, epoxidation, epoxidizing, expeditions, extradition, indexations, intoxicated, pyridoxines, reoxidation, reoxidizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 6F 78 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. --- -..- .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01101111 01111000 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i o x i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 006F 0078 0069 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387581907580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Deens, danisht, danishte, لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; Fins, finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, Pinlandino, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, finskt, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finnskur, finnska, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, Finisi, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський, tiếng Phần-lan, for Finnish; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; 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