metrifonate

[ mi-trif-uh-neyt ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. an organophosphorus compound, C4H8Cl3O4P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.

Origin of metrifonate

1
Apparently contraction of the chemical name

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