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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
parathion /ˌparəˈθʌɪən/

▶noun a highly toxic synthetic insecticide containing phosphorus and sulphur.

– origin 1940s: from para-1 (in sense 3) + thio- + -on.

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