- nonoxynol-9
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/no nok"seuh nawl'nuyn", -nol'-/, n. Pharm.the active ingredient of spermicides.[by rearrangement of parts of its chemical name]
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nonoxynol-9
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nonoxynol-9 — no·nox·y·nol 9 … English syllables
