triclosan (English, noun)
expansion: triclosan (uncountable)
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topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A widely used wide-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal agent, with molecular formula C₁₂H₇Cl₃O₂, which works by disrupting the growth of microbes, rather than actively killing them.
tags: uncountable
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