sar·in (sâr  n)n. A poisonous liquid, C4H10FO2P, that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare. [German, originally a code name.] |
sarin [ˈsærɪn]
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(Military) isopropyl methylphosphonofluoridate: used in chemical warfare as a lethal nerve gas producing asphyxia. Formula: CH3P(O)(F)OCH(CH3)2
[from German, from the surnames of its inventors, S(chrader), A(mbrose), R(udinger), and (van der L)in(de)]
| sarin (sârn) A poisonous liquid that inhibits the body's ability to catalyze acetylcholine. It is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare. Chemical formula: C4H10FO2P. |
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| Noun | 1. | sarin - a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase organophosphate nerve agent - 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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