sodium fluoroacetate

[ floo r-oh-as-i-teyt, flawr-oh-, flohr-oh- ]
/ ˌflʊər oʊˈæs ɪˌteɪt, ˌflɔr oʊ-, ˌfloʊr oʊ- /

noun Chemistry.

a white, amorphous, water-soluble, poisonous powder, C2H2FO2Na, used as a rodenticide.
Also called 1080.

Origin of sodium fluoroacetate

First recorded in 1940–45; fluoro- + acetate

Words nearby sodium fluoroacetate

sodium cyanide, sodium cyclamate, sodium dichromate, sodium ethylate, sodium fluoride, sodium fluoroacetate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium hydrosulfite, sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, sodium hyposulfite

British Dictionary definitions for sodium fluoroacetate

sodium fluoroacetate
/ (ˌflʊərəʊˈæsɪˌteɪt) /

noun

a white crystalline odourless poisonous compound, used as a rodenticide. Formula: (CH 2 FCOO)Na