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chlordecone

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chlor⋅de⋅cone

[klawr-di-kohn, klohr-]
–noun
a highly toxic pesticide, C10H10O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used.
Compare Kepone.


Origin:
1970–75; chlor- 2 + dec- + (ket)one
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