nonoxynol-9

nonoxynol-9
no·nox·y·nol-9 nä-'näk-sə-.nōl-'nīn, -.nȯl- n a spermicide used in contraceptive products that consists of a mixture of compounds having the general formula C15H23(OCH2CH2)nOH with an average of nine ethylene oxide groups per molecule

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