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isoflurophate

noun iso·fluro·phate \-ˈflr-ə-ˌfāt\

Medical Definition of ISOFLUROPHATE

:  a volatile irritating liquid ester C6H14FO3P that acts as a nerve gas by inhibiting cholinesterases and as a miotic and that is used chiefly in treating glaucoma—called also DFP, diisopropyl fluorophosphate

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