Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A compound containing benzene or another aromatic hydrocarbon, or a univalent group derived from such a compound by removal of a hydrogen atom attached to the aromatic ring.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name introduced by Vorländer to designate a radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon, as phenyl, C6H5, tolyl, C7H7.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any
univalent organic radical derived from anaromatic hydrocarbon by removing ahydrogen atom .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In 1979 a new receptor was discovered, called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds specifically with dioxin and PCB.
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In 1979 a new receptor was discovered, called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds specifically with dioxin and PCB.
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It is the chemical that gets into the body via smoke but then is converted by enzymes called aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylases into a more potent chemical that is the epoxide of BP.
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It is the chemical that gets into the body via smoke but then is converted by enzymes called aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylases into a more potent chemical that is the epoxide of BP.
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is found in almost every tissue of the body and it is found far down the evolutionary chain, even in fish.
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The aryl hydrocarbon receptor is found in almost every tissue of the body and it is found far down the evolutionary chain, even in fish.
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Dioxin and PCB bind very tightly with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and keep it turned on for way too long.
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Dioxin and PCB bind very tightly with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and keep it turned on for way too long.
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AZO COMPOUNDS, organic substances of the type R·N: N·R '(where R = an aryl radical and R' = a substituted alkyl, or aryl radical).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
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