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halogen Audio
hal·o·gen [ hal-uh-juhn, -jen, hey-luh- ]
Subclass of:
Elements
Definitions related to halogens:
  • Elements of Group VII of the periodic table.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A family of nonmetallic, generally electronegative, elements that form group 17 (formerly group VIIa) of the periodic table.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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