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tri-o-cresyl phosphate — tri o cres·yl phos·phate (tri kresґəl) tri o tolyl phosphate … Medical dictionary
tritolyl phosphate — tri·tol·yl phos·phate (tri tolґəl) a mixture of isomers prepared from creosote and other organic compounds; used as a flame retardant, in the manufacture of vinyl plastics, and for other industrial purposes. One of the isomers, tri o tolyl… … Medical dictionary
triorthotolyl phosphate — tri·or·tho·tol·yl phos·phate (tri or″tho tolґəl) tri o tolyl phosphate … Medical dictionary
triorthocresyl phosphate — A triaryl phosphate; produces a delayed neurotoxicity. An infamous incident occurred when it appeared as an adulterant in Jamaica ginger and was responsible for thousands of cases of paralysis during the Prohibition era. * * * tri·or·tho·cre·syl… … Medical dictionary
Tricresyl phosphate — Chembox new ImageFile = Tricresyl phosphate.png ImageSize = 250px IUPACName = OtherNames = tricresylphosphate, tri o cresyl phosphate, TOCP, tritolyl phosphate, tolyl phosphate, tri o tolyl ester of phosphoric acid Section1 = Chembox Identifiers… … Wikipedia
TOTP — tri o tolyl phosphate … Medical dictionary
TOTP — • tri o tolyl phosphate … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Jamaican ginger — Extract (known in the United States by the slang name Jake) was an early 20th century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to bypass Prohibition laws, since it contained between 70 80% ethanol by weight.Jake was not itself dangerous,… … Wikipedia
Jamaica ginger paralysis — a form of paralysis of the extremities, especially the legs, that was seen in the 1930s after a type of Jamaican ginger extract (“jakeâ€) was accidentally contaminated with the organophosphorus compound tri o tolyl phosphate and then consumed … Medical dictionary
