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temefos

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An organophosphate larvicide used especially to treat water infested with disease-carrying fleas. [O,O,O′,O′-tetramethyl O,O′-sulfanediylbis(1,4-phenylene) diphosphorothioate].

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Examples

  • Temefos is an organophosphorus insecticide used to control mosquito, midge, and black-fly larvae in lakes, ponds, and wetland habitats.

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History

Etymology

Probably from th(io)e(ther) + me(tho)- + -fos (“phosphorous derivative”).