diazinon
/dʌɪˈazɪnɒn
/noun [mass noun]
An organophosphorus insecticide derived from pyrimidine.Recommended chemical treatments include such common insecticides as permethrin, malathion, diazinon and sevin....
- These results are consistent with the DNA damage detected in the lymphocytes in peripheral blood in 8 individuals, following residential exposure to the organophosphorus insecticides chlorpyrifos and diazinon.
- Insecticides - most commonly carbaryl, diazinon, and malathion - were detected more frequently in urban streams than in agricultural streams.
Origin
Mid 20th century: from diazine (see di-1, azine) + -on (suffix of unknown origin).
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