Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An isomer of the chlorocarbon C6H6Cl6, obtained as a white crystalline powder and having a musty odor. A potent pesticide, it has been banned from agricultural use in several countries including the United States, but is used topically in the treatment of scabies and pediculosis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chemical substance (C6H6Cl6) used as an agricultural insecticide.
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- noun organic chemistry The
organochlorine insecticide 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white crystalline powder used as an agricultural insecticide
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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First, something called lindane, which is so toxic that it’s banned in eighteen countries.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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One of the biggest worries for some health experts is a prescription treatment for head lice and scabies called lindane.
The Center for Public Integrity: A Crawling Issue: Head Lice Treatments Worse Than The Pest Itself? The Center for Public Integrity 2011
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One of the biggest worries for some health experts is a prescription treatment for head lice and scabies called lindane.
The Center for Public Integrity: A Crawling Issue: Head Lice Treatments Worse Than The Pest Itself? The Center for Public Integrity 2011
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In persistent cases, pediatricians can recommend prescription-strength medications such as malathion lotion (trade name Ovide), benzyl alcohol lotion (Ulesfia) or lindane shampoo (Kwell).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Nitpicking the Lousy Facts on Head Lice M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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In persistent cases, pediatricians can recommend prescription-strength medications such as malathion lotion (trade name Ovide), benzyl alcohol lotion (Ulesfia) or lindane shampoo (Kwell).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Nitpicking the Lousy Facts on Head Lice M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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But she creates a ritual: She covers her body in lindane at night, and then in the morning she washes it off in a hot, hour-long tea tree oil infused bath.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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As soon as she gets out of the tub, she applies another coat of lindane.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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Others blame the comeback of bedbugs on their resistance to DDT's many substitutes e.g., malathion, diazinon, lindane, chlordane, dichlorovos and now pyrethroids.
Bill Chameides: Is Propoxur the Way to Not Let the Bedbugs Bite? Bill Chameides 2011
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In persistent cases, pediatricians can recommend prescription-strength medications such as malathion lotion (trade name Ovide), benzyl alcohol lotion (Ulesfia) or lindane shampoo (Kwell).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Nitpicking the Lousy Facts on Head Lice M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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In persistent cases, pediatricians can recommend prescription-strength medications such as malathion lotion (trade name Ovide), benzyl alcohol lotion (Ulesfia) or lindane shampoo (Kwell).
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Nitpicking the Lousy Facts on Head Lice M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2011
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