disulfoton

American

[dahy-suhl-fuh-ton] / daɪˈsʌl fəˌtɒn /

noun

Chemistry.

a pale-yellow, highly toxic liquid, C 8 H 19 O 2 PS 3 , used as an insecticide and miticide.

1960–65; perhaps di- ¹ + sulfo- + t(hi)on(ic acid); thionic

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