DDD

American  

abbreviation

Chemistry.

1. dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane: a colorless or white crystalline metabolite of DDT, C 14 H 10 Cl 4 , used as an insecticide: agricultural use is prohibited in the United States.

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Etymology

Origin of DDD

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

“Once you are outside of the A through DDD cup sizes, then there’s the scary unknown,” DuMal says.

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2024

The researchers tested AIM's clinical exome reanalysis on a dataset of UDN and DDD cases and found that it was able to correctly identify 57% of diagnosable cases.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

The chemical chosen for a fresh attack was DDD, an insecticide that apparently offered fewer threats to fish life than DDT.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

My sense of Palestine in the late 1940s is courtesy of DDD.

From Time • Jan. 23, 2016

The physiological effect of DDD is probably unique among insecticides, for it destroys part of the adrenal gland — the cells of the outer layer known as the adrenal cortex, which secretes the hormone cortin.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson