nonoxynol-9

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

/ nɒˈnɒk səˌnɔlˈnaɪn, -ˌnɒl- /

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noun Pharmacology.

the active ingredient of spermicides.

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Origin of nonoxynol-9

By rearrangement of parts of its chemical name

Words nearby nonoxynol-9

nonofficial, no-nonsense, nonoperational, nonorthodox, nonosteogenic fibroma, nonoxynol-9, nonparametric, nonparametric statistics, nonpareil, nonparous, nonparticipant

How to use nonoxynol-9 in a sentence

The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
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The Raptor carries six AMRAAMs and two shorter range AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles inside its weapons bays.
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But what spurred him to action was a Washington Post study of the post-9/11 veteran population.
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But before the FAA acted an ancient ValuJet DC-9 crashed in Florida, killing 110 people.
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When the liver metabolizes delta-9 THC to 11-hydroxy THC, users feel the “combined effect of the two.”
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The "remoteness" and the "distance which was not measurable" somehow came to be packed within these two dates,1865-9.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various
The PDP-9 first tries to reconstruct a vertex from the proton trajectories.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
The two PDP-9's are coupled only by a switchable tape drive, with no plans at present for direct channel-to-channel communication.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
Spinning a small wheel at the side of the control panel, Tom reported, "Feeders at D-9 rate, sir!"
On the Trail of the Space Pirates|Carey Rockwell
Scrooge had often heard it said that Marley had no bowels261-9, but he had never believed it until now.
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Medical definitions for nonoxynol-9

nonoxynol-9

[ nŏn-ŏk′sə-nôl′-, -nōl′- ]

A spermicide that is widely used in contraceptive creams, foams, and lubricants.