Organophosphate Nerve Agent

Of nerve gas.

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.

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    The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible...

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    A nerve agent easily absorbed into the body; a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor that is highly...

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    A highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase.