Definition of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
di•chlo•ro•di•phen•yl•tri•chlor•o•eth•ane
We found 3 definitions of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane from 3 different sources.
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What does dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes |
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| dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane - an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972 | ||
| DDT | ||
| insect powder, insecticide a chemical used to kill insects | ||
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Wiktionary 
- dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (Noun)
A chlorinated hydrocarbon which is mainly used as an insecticide. Mostly abbreviated as DDT.
Wikipedia 
- DDT is a well-known pesticide. The abbreviation stands for Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane, one of its names. The Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1948, for his discovery. In the 1960s there was a study that questioned if it was good to spread large amounts of DDT indiscriminately. The study also found that DDT could cause cancer. After that DDT was replaced by other pesticides.
