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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

[dahy-klawr-oh-dahy-fen-l-trahy-klawr-oh-eth-eyn, dahy-klohr-oh-dahy-fen-l-trahy-klohr-]

noun Chemistry.

Origin of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

di-¹ + chloro-² + di-¹ + phenyl + tri- + chloro-² + ethane

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British Dictionary definitions for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

noun

the full name for DDT

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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in Medicine

dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

[dī-klôr′ō-dī-fĕn′əl-trī-klôr′ō-ĕth′ān′, -fē′nəl-]

n.

DDT.

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