hexachlorocyclohexane

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Etymology

From hexa- +‎ chloro- +‎ cyclohexane.

Noun

hexachlorocyclohexane (countable and uncountable, plural hexachlorocyclohexanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A six-chlorine substituted cyclohexane, a polyhalogenated compound used in pesticides

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