Definition of Chlorpyrifos

1. Noun. A common organophosphate insecticide.

Generic synonyms: Organophosphate

Definition of Chlorpyrifos

1. Noun. A crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chlorpyrifos

1. An organothiophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide and as an acaricide. Pharmacological action: cholinesterase inhibitor, insecticide, organothiophosphate. Chemical name: Phosphorothioic acid, O,O-diethyl O-(3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinyl) ester (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlorpyrifos

chlorpheniramine
chlorpheniramine maleate
chlorphenol red
chlorphentermine
chlorphentermine hydrochloride
chlorpicrin
chlorproethazine hydrochloride
chlorproguanil hydrochloride
chlorpromazine
chlorpromazines
chlorpropamide
chlorpropamides
chlorpropham
chlorprothixene
chlorpyrifos (current term)
chlorpyrifos-oxonase
chlorsulfuron-5-hydroxylase
chlortetracycline
chlorthalidone
chlorthenoxazin
chlorthiamide
chlorthymol
chlortoluron
chlorurated
chloruresis
chloruret
chloruretic
chlorurets

Literary usage of Chlorpyrifos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"(41) found that administration of chlorpyrifos to neonatal rats at 1 day of age (approximately equivalent to human fetal exposure at 7 months of gestation) ..."

2. Tainted Harvest: Child Labor and Obstacles to Organizing on Ecuador's Banana by Carol Pier (2002)
"[Online]. 72 Center for Children's Health and the Environment. (2000). The Pesticide chlorpyrifos: A Threat to Children. [Online]. ..."

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