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organophosphorus
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organophosphorus
[or′gäno-fos′färus]
a compound containing phosphorus bound to an organic molecule. Some are used as insecticides and others are nerve gases; they are highly toxic acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

organophosphorus [or″gah-no-fos´fah-rus]
a compound containing phosphorus bound to an organic molecule. Some are used as insecticides and others are nerve gases; they are highly toxic acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.
organophosphorus compound poisoning poisoning by excessive exposure to an organophosphorus compound; there are usually neurologic symptoms such as axonopathy and paralysis, and it often ends fatally.


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Sanghi, "Organochlorine and organophosphorous pesticides residues in groundwater and surface waters of Kanpur," Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chapters on the human health effects of pesticides look at measurement of organochlorine contamination in humans, pesticide-related skin diseases, and reproductive toxicity of organophosphorous pesticide.
gambiae mosquito populations, we impregnated mosquito bed nets with an insect repellent mixed with a low dose of organophosphorous insecticide and tested them in a rice-growing area near Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
 
 
 
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