organophosphate (redirected from organophosphorous)

organophosphate /or·ga·no·phos·phate/ (or″gah-no-fos´fāt) an organic ester of phosphoric or thiophosphoric acid; such compounds are powerful acetylcholinesterase inhibitors and are used as insecticides and nerve gases.organophos´phorous

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or·gan·o·phos·phate (ôrgn-fsft)

n.

Any of several organic compounds containing phosphorus, some of which are used as fertilizers and pesticides.

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organophosphate,

any of a class of anticholinesterase chemicals used in certain pesticides and war gases. Organophosphates act by causing irreversible inhibition of cholinesterase.

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organophosphate

term commonly used to describe organophosphorus compounds.