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phorate

phorate noun: an organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide.

Noun

phorate (uncountable)

  1. An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide.
    • "Unlabelled phorate and terbufos were purified by Florisil column chromatography according to the method of Patchett and Batchelder."
    • Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022

Questions about phorate

What does phorate mean?
Phorate means an organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide.
What part of speech is phorate?
Phorate is a noun.

Words near phorate in the dictionary

  1. phookas
  2. phoongies
  3. phoongy
  4. phoorza
  5. phoorzas
  6. phorate
  7. phoratoxin
  8. phoratoxins
  9. phorb
  10. Phorbas
  11. phorbeia

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