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dichlorvos

dichlorvos noun: 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.

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."

dichlorvos meaning in Tamil

dichlorvos in Tamil

நாடாப்புழு நீக்க மருந்து

Origin of dichlorvos

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

Questions about dichlorvos

What does dichlorvos mean?
Dichlorvos means 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.
What is dichlorvos in Tamil?
Dichlorvos in Tamil is நாடாப்புழு நீக்க மருந்து. See Dichlorvos meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dichlorvos?
Dichlorvos is a noun.

Words near dichlorvos in the dictionary

  1. dichlorovinyls
  2. dichlorovos
  3. dichloroxylenol
  4. dichlorphenamide
  5. dichlorprop
  6. dichlorvos
  7. dichlozoline
  8. dicho-
  9. dichoblastic
  10. dichobunid
  11. dichobunids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dichlorvos (page history and authors); dichlorvos (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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