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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Examples
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In 1979 a new receptor was discovered, called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds specifically with dioxin and PCB.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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In 1979 a new receptor was discovered, called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which binds specifically with dioxin and PCB.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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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.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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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.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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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.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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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.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Dioxin and PCB bind very tightly with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and keep it turned on for way too long.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Dioxin and PCB bind very tightly with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and keep it turned on for way too long.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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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" Various
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