lindane

American  

[lin-deyn] / ˈlɪn deɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.

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lindane British  

/ ˈlɪndeɪn /

noun

1. a white poisonous crystalline powder with a slight musty odour: used as an insecticide, weedkiller, and, in low concentrations, in treating scabies; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane. Formula: C 6 H 6 Cl 6

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lindane Scientific  

/ lĭn′dān /

1. A white crystalline powder that is an isomer of benzene hexachloride, banned as an agricultural pesticide because of its toxicity but still used topically to treat scabies and pediculosis. Chemical formula: C ₆ H ₆ Cl ₆ .

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Etymology

Origin of lindane

1945–50; named after T. van der Linden, 20th-century Dutch chemist; -ane

Example Sentences

Carrots absorb more insecticide than any other crop studied; if the insecticide used happens to be lindane, carrots actually accumulate higher concentrations than are present in the soil.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Success finally arrived in the 1950s as the bugs were hit first with DDT and then with malathion, diazinon, lindane, chlordane and dichlorovos, as resistance to each developed.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2010

Following discovery of the chemicals in their herring catch, the Swedes ordered a two-year ban on DDT, as well as the related pesticides lindane, aldrin and dieldrin.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The more infested they feel, the more lindane they use."

From Time Magazine Archive

In other experiments BHC, aldrin, lindane, heptachlor, and DDD all prevented nitrogen-fixing bacteria from forming the necessary root nodules on leguminous plants.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson