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acetyl benzoyl peroxide

noun

Definition of acetyl benzoyl peroxide 

: a white crystalline compound CH3COO2COC6H5 that is explosive when pure and is used in germicidal preparations and for initiating polymerization processes

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1913, in the meaning defined above

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