sodium fluoroacetate

[ floor-oh-as-i-teyt, flawr-oh-, flohr-oh- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous powder, C 2 H 2 FO 2 Na, used as a rodenticide.

sodium fluoroacetate

/ ˌflʊərəʊˈæsɪˌteɪt /

noun

1. a white crystalline odourless poisonous compound, used as a rodenticide. Formula: (CH 2 FCOO)Na

Word History and Origins

Origin of sodium fluoroacetate¹

First recorded in 1940–45; fluoro- + acetate