Antozone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antozone \Ant*o"zone\, n. [Pref. anti- + ozone.] (Chem.)
     A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen,
     but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because
     apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary
     oxygen.
     [1913 Webster]