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phenothiazine definition

phe·no·thia·zine (fē′nō t̸hī′ə zēn′)

noun

a yellowish, crystalline substance, CHNS, used as an insecticide, in the treatment of worm infections in livestock, and in the synthesis of tranquilizers

Etymology: pheno- + thiazine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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