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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To add one or more butyl groups to (a compound).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to introduce the butyl group into (a chemical compound).
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- verb organic chemistry To
react so as to introduce one or morebutyl groups into a molecule
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb introduce the butyl group into a chemical compound
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Specifically, four herbicides (2,4,5-T; 2,4,5-TP; atrazine; or butylate) and three insecticides (diazinon, phorate, or carbofuran) were associated with reporting gestational diabetes.
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