Organic Chemical
dimethoate Audio
di·meth·o·ate [ dahy-meth-oh-eyt ]
Subclass of:
Organothiophosphates
Definitions related to dimethoate:
  • A synthetic organic thiophosphate compound and organophosphate acetylcholinesterase inhibitor that is used as a pesticide. It is characterized as a volatile white to gray crystalline solid that has a camphor-like odor, and exposure occurs by inhalation, ingestion, or contact.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An organothiophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as a systemic and contact insecticide.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • The organophosphorus agent dimethoate.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • (phosphamide) Organothiophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as a systemic and contact insecticide.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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