Meanings
- uncountableA specific organophosphate insecticide, having the chemical formula C₂H₈NO₂PS
These are the last disulfoton and methamidophos products registered for use in the United States.
2009 September 23, “Notices”, in Federal Register, volume 74, number 183, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2017, page 485512 more examples
The Health Ministry said the dumplings contained a pesticide, methamidophos, which is used in China but is not common in Japan.
2008 February 2, Martin Fackler, “Insecticide-Tainted Dumplings From China Sicken 175 in Japan”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.
2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
Origin
Possibly from meth(yl)- + amido- + phos(phate).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French methamidophos
- methamidophosinsecticide
German Methamidophos
- Methamidophosinsecticide
Polish metamidofos
- metamidofosinsecticide
Spanish metamidofós
- metamidofósinsecticide
Cite this entry
methamidophos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/methamidophos
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