dichlorvos

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Definition of dichlorvos

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A highly volatile organophosphate, 2,2-dichlorovinyl dimethyl phosphate (DDVP), widely used as a fumigant to control household pests and to protect stored product from insects.
    “"Degradation of trichlorfon occurs through the splitting of the Phosphorus-Carbon (P-C) bond and through hydrolysis of the poOCH bonds resulting in trace amounts of dichlorvos, a more acutely toxic organophosphate."”

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Etymology

From dichlor(o)v(inyl) + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).

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