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dichlorovos

dichlorovos is the alternative form of dichlorvos.

Meaning of dichlorvos

Noun

dichlorvos (uncountable)

  1. 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."

Questions about dichlorovos

What is dichlorovos the alternative form of?
Dichlorovos is the alternative form of dichlorvos.

Words near dichlorovos in the dictionary

  1. dichlorothiophosphate
  2. dichlorotoluene
  3. dichlorotoluenes
  4. dichlorovinyl
  5. dichlorovinyls
  6. dichlorovos
  7. dichloroxylenol
  8. dichlorphenamide
  9. dichlorprop
  10. dichlorvos
  11. dichlozoline

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