trichlorfon

noun

tri·​chlor·​fon (ˌ)trī-ˈklȯr-ˌfän 

variants or less commonly trichlorphon

: a crystalline compound C₄H₈Cl₃O₄P used especially as an insecticide

Examples of trichlorfon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Five of these chemicals -- naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate -- showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples. —Susan Scutti, CNN, 9 June 2017

Word History

Etymology

tri- + chlor- + -fon (irregular from phosphonate, a salt derived from phosphine)

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

trichlorfon

noun

tri·​chlor·​fon

variants also trichlorphon

(ˈ)trī-ˈklō(ə)r-ˌfän, -ˈklȯ(ə)r- 

: an organophosphate C₄H₈Cl₃O₄P used as a parasiticide in veterinary medicine