endosulfan

[ en-doh-suhl-fan ]
/ ˌɛn doʊˈsʌl fæn /

noun Chemistry.

a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide and miticide, C9H6Cl6O3S, in widespread use on food and forage crops.

Origin of endosulfan

1960–65; end(rin) + -o- + sulf- + -an, for -ane

Words nearby endosulfan

endosteitis, endosteoma, endosteum, endostosis, endostyle, endosulfan, endosymbiont, endosymbiosis, endotendineum, endothecium, endothelial dystrophy of cornea