MALATHION

Meaning of MALATHION in English

n. an insecticide containing phosphorus, with low toxicity to plants.

Etymology: diethyl maleate + thio- acid + -ON

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

MALATHION — noun Etymology: from Malathion, a trademark Date: 1953 an organophosphate broad-spectrum insecticide C 10 H 19 O 6 PS 2 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MALATHION — ˌmaləˈthīˌän sometimes məˈlāthēən noun Etymology: from Malathion, a trademark : a thiophosphate insecticide C 10 H 19 O 6 PS …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MALATHION — /mal'euh thuy"on, -euhn/ , n. an organic phosphate insecticide, C 10 H 19 O 6 S 2 P, of relatively …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MALATHION — n. insecticide which is relatively harmless to plants and animals
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MALATHION — noun Etymology: from Malathion, a trademark Date: 1953 : an organophosphate broad-spectrum insecticide C 10 H 19 O 6 PS …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MALATHION — [ ˌmalə'θʌɪən ] ■ noun a synthetic organophosphorus compound used as an insecticide. Origin 1950s: from (diethyl) mal(eate) (see maleic …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MALATHION — [mal.a.thi.on] n [fr. Malathion, a trademark] (1953): an insecticide with a lower mammalian toxicity than parathion
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MALATHION — trade name for an organic phosphorus compound that is a general-purpose insecticide considerably less toxic to humans than parathion and …
Britannica English vocabulary
MALATHION — Malathion trademark BrE AmE ˌmæl ə ˈθa ɪ ‿ən
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MALATHION — n. an insecticide containing phosphorus, with low toxicity to plants. [diethyl maleate + thio- acid + -ON]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MALATHION — n. an insecticide containing phosphorus, with low toxicity to plants. [ diethyl maleate + thio- acid + -ON ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MALATHION — инсектицид, относительно безвредный для растений и животных
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MALATHION — инсектицид, относительно безвредный для растений и животных
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MALATHION — n. Pronunciation: ˌ ma-l ə - ' th ī - ə n, - ˌ än Function: noun Etymology: from Malathion, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MALATHION (TOPICAL) — USP DI
Drug information English vocab
OVIDE — USP DI - Malathion (Topical)
Drug information English vocab
ORGANOPHOSPHORUS — also organophosphorous adjective Date: 1950 of, relating to, or being a phosphorus-containing organic compound and especially a pesticide (as malathion) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ORGANOPHOSPHORUS — "ˌ adjective also or·gano·phosphorous "ˌ Etymology: organ- + phosphorus or phosphorous : of, relating to, or being a phosphorus-containing organic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGANOPHOSPHORUS — adjective also or·gan·o·phos·pho·rous -fäs-ˈfȯr-əs Date: 1950 : of, relating to, or being a phosphorus-containing organic compound and especially a pesticide …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORGANOPHOSPHORUS — [or.gan.o.phos.pho.rus] also or.gan.o.phos.pho.rous adj (1950): of, relating to, or being a phosphorus-containing organic compound and esp. a pesticide (as malathion) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPRINGTAIL — any small, primitive, wingless insect of the group Collembola (sometimes ranked as an order of about 3,500 species). Springtails range …
Britannica English vocabulary
MALEIC ACID — also called cis-butenedioic acid (HO2CCH=CHCO2H) unsaturated organic dibasic acid, used in making polyesters for fibre-reinforced laminated moldings and paint vehicles, …
Britannica English vocabulary
INSECTICIDE — any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTICHOLINESTERASE — any of several drugs that prevent destruction of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by the enzyme acetylcholinesterase within the nervous system. Acetylcholine …
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BRUSH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brush fire (= a very large fire in an area of grass ) …
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