English Explanatory Dictionary

temefos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].

Word forms

temefos temephos

Etymology

Probably from th(io)e(ther) + me(tho)- + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).

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