dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
English edit
Etymology edit
dichloro + diphenyl + dichloro + ethane
Noun edit
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) An organochlorine insecticide that is a metabolite of DDT.
- Synonyms: DDD, tetrachlorodiphenylethane, TDE
- Coordinate terms: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT
Further reading edit
- dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane on Wikipedia.Wikipedia