malathion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a trade name.
Noun[edit]
malathion (countable and uncountable, plural malathions)
- An organophosphorus insecticide, Diethyl [(dimethoxyphosphinothioyl)-thio]butanedioate.
- "Although effective in degrading pesticides with P-O bonds, washing of the vegetables sprayed with the thiolester organophosphate insecticide malathion with the enzyme did not yield any improved degradation."