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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chlorhexidine /klɔːˈhɛksɪdiːn/

▶noun a synthetic compound used as a mild antiseptic.

– origin mid 20th cent.: from chlor- + hex(ane) + -id(e) + (am)ine.

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