metrifonate
[ mi-trif-uh-neyt ]
nounPharmacology.
an organophosphorus compound, C4H8Cl3O4P, used as an insecticide and anthelmintic.
Origin of metrifonate
1Apparently contraction of the chemical name
- Also called trichlorfon.
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