trichlorfon

noun

tri·chlor·fon (ˌ)trī-ˈklȯr-ˌfän

variants or less commonly trichlorphon

: a crystalline compound C₄H₈Cl₃O₄P used especially as an insecticide

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Five of these chemicals -- naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate -- showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples. —

Susan Scutti, CNN, 9 June 2017

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Etymology

tri- + chlor- + -fon (irregular from phosphonate, a salt derived from phosphine)

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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trichlorfon

noun

tri·chlor·fon

variants also trichlorphon

(ˈ)trī-ˈklō(ə)r-ˌfän, -ˈklȯ(ə)r-

: an organophosphate C₄H₈Cl₃O₄P used as a parasiticide in veterinary medicine

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