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has gloss | (noun) any of a series of nerve agents containing organophosphate compounds first synthesized by German chemists in 1936; in World War II the Germans tested them in concentration camps but not on the battlefield; Iraq is alleged to have used them against Iran and against the Kurds organophosphate nerve agent |
lexicalization | eng: organophosphate nerve agent |
subclass of | (noun) a toxic gas that is inhaled or absorbed through the skin and has harmful effects on the nervous and respiratory system nerve agent, nerve gas |
has subclass | (noun) a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase GB, sarin |
has subclass | (noun) a nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly toxic when inhaled soman, GD |
has subclass | (noun) the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare GA, tabun |
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