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organophosphate definition

organo·phos·phate (ôr′gə nō fäs′fāt′; ôr gan′ō-)

noun

any organic compound containing phosphorus, specif. one used as an insecticide, as malathion

Etymology: organo- + phosphate

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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