trichlorfon
noun
tri·chlor·fon
(ˌ)trī-ˈklȯr-ˌfän 
variants
or less commonly trichlorphon
: a crystalline compound C4H8Cl3O4P used especially as an insecticide
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Five of these chemicals -- naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate -- showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
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trichlorfon
noun
tri·chlor·fon
variants
also trichlorphon
: an organophosphate C4H8Cl3O4P used as a parasiticide in veterinary medicine
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