Definition of Ethion

1. Noun. An organophosphate insecticide, ''[(dethoxyphosphinothioylthio)methylthio]-diethoxy-thioxophosphorane''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ethion

1. a pesticide [n -S] - See also: pesticide

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ethion

ethifies
ethify
ethinamate
ethindrone
ethine
ethinyl
ethinyl estradiol
ethinyl estradiol-norgestrel combination
ethinyl trichloride
ethinylestradiol-17 alpha sulfotransferase
ethinylestrenol
ethinyls
ethiodide
ethiodides
ethiodised oil
ethion (current term)
ethionamide
ethionamides
ethionic
ethionic acid
ethionine
ethionines
ethions
ethiopia
ethiops
ethiopses
ethisterone
ethmo-
ethmocranial
ethmofrontal

Literary usage of Ethion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Layamon's Brut, Or Chronicle of Britain: A Poetical Semi-Saxon Paraphrase of by Layamon, Frederic Madden (1847)
"... king of Grece r' ethion due of Boece. ... king of Greece; ethion, duke of Boeotia, came there with a great force; ..."

2. Environmental Regulation and Food Safety: Studies of Protection and by Veena Jha (2005)
"For example, Germany complained about high residue levels of ethion in ... In 1995, the German limit of 0.01 mg of tetradifon and 2 mg of ethion per kg of ..."

3. Layamon's Brut, Or Chronicle of Britain: A Poetical Semi-Saxon Paraphrase of by Layamon, Frederic Madden (1847)
"... king of Grece r' ethion due of Boece. ... king of Greece; ethion, duke of Boeotia, came there with a great force; ..."

4. Environmental Regulation and Food Safety: Studies of Protection and by Veena Jha (2005)
"For example, Germany complained about high residue levels of ethion in ... In 1995, the German limit of 0.01 mg of tetradifon and 2 mg of ethion per kg of ..."

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