Definition of DDT

1. Noun. An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972.


Definition of DDT

1. Noun. (abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane]); an insecticide. ¹

2. Noun. (countable professional wrestling) a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor. ¹

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Medical Definition of DDT

1. This chlorinated organic insecticide was discovered by Swiss chemist Paul Muller in 1939. DDT has been especially useful in controlling mosquitos that carry malaria, but some strains of the insects have become resistant to it. DDT has comparatively low acute toxicity in humans (it is thought to cause cancer), but it persists for a longtime in the environment and is disastrously toxic to birds, especially top-level predators such as hawks and eagles. The chemical interferes with the birds ability to metabolise calcium, and thus affected birds that lay eggs with fatally thin shells. DDT has been banned in most countries, but it is still widely used on crops in Latin America. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of DDT

DCSs
DCXO
DD
DD-carboxypeptidase-endopeptidase
DDD
DDE
DDI
DDL
DDMMYY
DDMMYYYY
DDO
DDOS
DDP
DDR
DDS
DDT (current term)
DDU
DDx
DE
DEA
DEAD box helicase
DEAE cellulose
DEB
DEC
DEET
DEFCON
DEG
DEGs
DEHP
DELF

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