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DDT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does DDT mean? 

DDT (noun)
  The noun DDT has 1 sense:

1. an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972play

  Familiarity information: DDT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DDT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

DDT; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

Hypernyms ("DDT" is a kind of...):

pollutant (waste matter that contaminates the water or air or soil)

insect powder; insecticide (a chemical used to kill insects)


 Context examples 


Organochlorines are a group of compounds belonging to the chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides (as aldrin, DDT, or dieldrin).

(Organochlorine Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic derivative of the insecticide dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) with anti-adrenocorticoid properties.

(Mitotane, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to DDT mainly affects the nervous system resulting in tremors, dizziness, nausea, incoordination, convulsions and seizures.

(Chlorophenothane, NCI Thesaurus)

They include the pesticide DDT and dioxin, a byproduct of herbicide production and paper bleaching.

(Persistent organic pollutants in maternal blood linked to smaller fetal size, National Institutes of Health)

DDT was once widely used as a pesticide to control insects in agriculture and to control malaria, typhus and body lice, but its use is now limited.

(Chlorophenothane, NCI Thesaurus)



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