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  1. (C6HCl3OH)2 CH2, a white, odourless powder; a
  2. bactericide, used in minute quantities in
  3. soaps and surgical disinfectants.
  4. Trichlorophenol is used in its preparation,
  5. and, without precise temperature control, the
  6. highly toxic TCDD, or
  7. tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (see dioxin, may
  8. form as a byproduct.
  9.