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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
furan /ˈfjʊəran/

▶noun Chemistry a volatile liquid organic compound with an unsaturated five-membered ring in its molecule.

– origin C19: from synonymous furfuran, from L. furfur ‘bran’ + -an.

'furan' also found in these Oxford entries:

frusemide - furfural - ranitidine

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