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- noun A
parasympathomimetic that acts as anacetylcholinesterase inhibitor . It is anorganophosphate oxon and theactive metabolite ofparathion .
Etymologies
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para- + oxon
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The substance, known as paraoxon, was so deadly that less than one milligramme per one kilogramme of body mass was needed to kill, Immelman said.
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"The items ... include anthrax in cigarettes, botulinum in milk and paraoxon in whiskey -- in the Commissions 'view clearly murder weapons," the report said.
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