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(organic chemistry) An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide. [O,O-diethyl S-ethylthiomethyl phosphorodithioate ].
"Unlabelled phorate and terbufos were purified by Florisil column chromatography according to the method of Patchett and Batchelder."
Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
Use phorate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Phorate means (organic chemistry) An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide. [O,O-diethyl S-ethylthiomethyl phosphorodithioate ].
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Unlabelled phorate and terbufos were purified by Florisil column chromatography according to the method of Patchett and Batchelder."
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