Definition of Methoxychlor

1. Noun. (organic compound) A synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide. ¹

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Definition of Methoxychlor

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Methoxychlor

1. An insecticide. Methoxychlor has oestrogenic effects in mammals, among other effects. Pharmacological action: insecticide, organochlorine. Chemical name: Benzene, 1,1'-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis(4-methoxy- (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methoxychlor

methoxamine
methoxamine hydrochloride
methoxatin
methoxetamine
methoxide
methoxides
methoxsalen
methoxy
methoxy-
methoxyamination
methoxyamine
methoxybenzene
methoxybenzenes
methoxybenzyl
methoxycarbonyl
methoxychlor (current term)
methoxychlors
methoxydimethyltryptamines
methoxydine
methoxyeleutherin
methoxyethyl
methoxyflurane
methoxyflurane defluorinase
methoxyfluranes
methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol
methoxyl
methoxylated
methoxylation
methoxymethyl
methoxyneurosporene dehydrogenase

Literary usage of Methoxychlor

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

1. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Cummings AM, Laskey J. Effect of methoxychlor on ovarian steroidogenesis: ... methoxychlor accelerates embryo transport through the rat reproductive tract. ..."

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