: a compound C3H5Br2Cl used especially formerly as an agricultural pesticide that is a suspected carcinogen and cause of sterility in human males

Word History

Etymology

di- + brom- + chlor- + propane

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of DBCP was in 1967

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Cite this Entry

“DBCP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DBCP. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

: a halocarbon compound C3H5Br2Cl used as an agricultural pesticide that is a suspected carcinogen and cause of sterility in human males

called also dibromochloropropane

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