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A crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.[diethoxy-sulfanylidene-(3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-yl)oxy-λ5-phosphane].
"Chlorpyrifos is considered to be toxic to fish, crustaceans, and bees."
Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
Use chlorpyrifos when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Chlorpyrifos means A crystalline organophosphate insecticide that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.[diethoxy-sulfanylidene-(3,5,6-trichloropyridin-2-yl)oxy-λ5-phosphane].
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Chlorpyrifos is considered to be toxic to fish, crustaceans, and bees."
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