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nonoxynol-9

[ no-nok-suh-nawl-nahyn, -nol- ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. the active ingredient of spermicides.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nonoxynol-91

By rearrangement of parts of its chemical name

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