: a cholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphate insecticide C12H21N2O3PS
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThose pesticides included atrazine (26%), chlorpyrifos (59%), cypermethrin (49%), diazinon (60%), and permethrin (46%). Rebekah Tuchscherer, USA TODAY, 26 June 2019 By 1966, some of the critters had also evolved resistance to then-popular pesticides such as malathion, diazinon and fenthion. Rob Dunn, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2018 Their exponential increase in the region comes suspiciously close to the Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on diazinon, a pesticide used to control various species of flies. Vinny Vella, Philly.com, 5 June 2018 Two of the children died after drinking a concentrated solution of the pesticide diazinon. Andrew Theen, OregonLive.com, 7 Apr. 2018 The city is required to cap the amount of bacteria, metals and the insecticide diazinon of the water body, which is state and federally recognized as impaired. Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 Aug. 2017 Similar results were shown for malathion and diazinon. Michael Biesecker, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
from Diazinon, a trademark
First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
Diazinon
trademark
Di·az·i·non dī-ˈaz-ə-ˌnän
—used for an organophosphate insecticide C12H21N2O3PS that is a cholinesterase inhibitor dangerous to humans if ingested