lindane

lindane
Used as a scabicide, pediculicide, and insecticide (10 times more toxic for houseflies than DDT).

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lin·dane 'lin-.dān n an insecticide consisting of not less than 99 percent gamma benzene hexachloride that is used esp. in agriculture and is biodegraded very slowly

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lin·dane (linґdān) [USP] the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride, an insecticide more potent than chlorophenothane (DDT); it is used as a pediculicide and scabicide, applied topically to the skin. Called also gamma benzene hexachloride.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • lindane — n. A chemical substance ({C6H6Cl6}) used as an agricultural insecticide. Syn: hexachlorocyclohexane, gamma benzene hexachloride. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • lindane — [lin′dān΄] n. [after T. van der Linden, 20th c. Du chemist + ANE] an isomeric form of benzene hexachloride, used as an insecticide …   English World dictionary

  • lindane — noun Etymology: T. van der Linden, 20th century Belgian chemist Date: circa 1949 a persistent organochlorine insecticide that consists chiefly of the gamma isomer of BHC …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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