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Meaning of "lindane" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LINDANE

Named after T. van der Linden, Dutch chemist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LINDANE

lindane  [ˈlɪndeɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LINDANE

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Lindane is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LINDANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lindane

Lindane, also known as gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane,, gammaxene, Gammallin and erroneously known as benzene hexachloride, is an organochlorine chemical variant of hexachlorocyclohexane that has been used both as an agricultural insecticide and as a pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies. Lindane is a neurotoxin that interferes with GABA neurotransmitter function by interacting with the GABAA receptor-chloride channel complex at the picrotoxin binding site. In humans, lindane affects the nervous system, liver and kidneys, and may be a carcinogen. It is unclear whether lindane is an endocrine disruptor. The World Health Organization classifies lindane as "Moderately Hazardous," and its international trade is restricted and regulated under the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent. In 2009, the production and agricultural use of lindane was banned under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants. A specific exemption to that ban allows it to continue to be used as a second-line pharmaceutical treatment for lice and scabies.

Definition of lindane in the English dictionary

The definition of lindane in the dictionary is a white poisonous crystalline powder with a slight musty odour: used as an insecticide, weedkiller, and, in low concentrations, in treating scabies; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane. Formula: C6H6Cl6.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LINDANE


antemundane
ˌæntɪˈmʌndeɪn
chlordane
ˈklɔːdeɪn
Dane
deɪn
deign
deɪn
demimondaine
ˌdɛmɪˈmɒndeɪn
disdain
dɪsˈdeɪn
extramundane
ˌɛkstrəˈmʌndeɪn
foreordain
ˌfɔːrɔːˈdeɪn
Haldane
ˈhɔːldeɪn
intermundane
ˌɪntəˈmʌndeɪn
intramundane
ˌɪntrəˈmʌndeɪn
mundane
ˈmʌndeɪn
ordain
ɔːˈdeɪn
preordain
ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪn
sdeign
zdeɪn
sdein
zdeɪn
supermundane
ˌsuːpəˈmʌndeɪn
supramundane
ˌsuːprəmʌnˈdeɪn
transmundane
trænzˈmʌndeɪn
ultramundane
ˌʌltrəˈmʌndeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LINDANE

lincomycin
lincrusta
Lincs
lincture
linctus
Lind
Lindbergh
Lindemann
linden
Lindesnes
Lindisfarne
Lindsay
Lindsey
Lindum
Lindwall
lindworm
lindy
line
line ahead

WORDS THAT END LIKE LINDANE

airplane
ane
Brisbane
cane
cispadane
crane
humane
hurricane
insane
jane
kane
lane
mane
membrane
pane
plane
Spokane
thane
transpadane
Zidane

Synonyms and antonyms of lindane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lindane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LINDANE

Find out the translation of lindane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lindane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lindane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

林丹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lindano
570 millions of speakers

English

lindane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लिंडेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يندين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

линдан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lindano
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লিনডেনের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lindane
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lindane
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lindan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リンデン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

린데
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lindane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lindane
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லிண்டேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लिन्डेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lından
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lindano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lindan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ліндан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lindan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lindane
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lindaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lindan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lindan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lindane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LINDANE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LINDANE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lindane

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LINDANE»

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Low concentration of lindane plus induced attraction traps ...
R. H. Smith, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), United States. Forest Service. catches at 0 to 2 feet, 2 to 4 feet, and 4 to 6 feet. A conversion factor of 8 was applied to the smaller traps at the base of the ...
R. H. Smith, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), United States. Forest Service, 1976
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Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer's Guide to Avoiding ...
FDA BLACK BOX WARNINGS Lindane Lotion [shampoo] should only be used in patients who cannot tolerate or have failed first- line treatment with safer medications for the treatment of scabies [lice]. (See INDICATIONS AND USAGE.)  ...
‎2005
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A Practical Guide to Canine and Feline Neurology
I. Lindane and other organochlorine insecticide56'22'100'116'156 Animal exposures to organochlorine insecticides (e.g., lindane, endrin, DDT) continue to result in serious neurotoxicoses. Endrin has been used as an avicide, and toxicosis in ...
Curtis W. Dewey, 2013
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Clinical Environmental Health and Toxic Exposures
HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE AND LINDANE HCH, sometimes misnamed benzene hexachloride, was applied widely through the 1960s and 1970s. Discovered in 1825, HCH was used as a smoke munition in World War I. The insecticide ...
John Burke Sullivan, Gary R. Krieger, 2001
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Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation
However, it has been recently shown that the predicted partition of lindane with lipids using the log Kow is notably lower than the measured sorption in roots and shoots of ryegrass and wheat seedlings, due to underestimation of the plant lipid  ...
Martina Mackova, David N. Dowling, Thomas Macek, 2006
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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
1300 100-800 13 17 5 52 92 752 1 Start etol. (1974); other data from Smith (1991 ). 2 Lorgely p-isomet. facture, formulation and application of BHC. Lindane as a pharmaceutical preparation in creams, lotions and shampoos is also widely used  ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
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Pesticide Residues in Food 2003: Evaluations
Lindane: Analytical method for determination of residues in animal tissues and milk. Supplement response to DER. Supplement to 1999 goat metabolism study ( Willems and Pluijmen. 1999) and 1987 cow feeding study (Merricks, 1987b).
‎2004
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Dermatology
The problem is that lindane has neurotoxic effects when used on open skin, in infants or over long periods of time. This has produced much controversy about its use in pregnancy and infancy. While we are very cautious, in our experience, ...
Otto Braun-Falco, 2000
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Evidence-Based Dermatology
days, there was no significant difference in the success rates, with 181 of 199 (91 %) cured using 5% permethrin cream, compared with 176 of 205 (86%) using 1% lindane lotion.11 At the final assessment, significantly fewer of the patients in ...
Hywel Williams, Michael Bigby, Thomas Diepgen, 2009
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Unwanted Effects of Cosmetics and Drugs Used in Dermatology
Transient pancytopenia has also been ascribed to excessive topical application of lindane for scabies [347] 16.37 Intoxication from excessive topical therapeutic applications of lindane has been documented. Six such patients were reported ...
Anton C. de Groot, Johan Pieter Nater, J. Willem Weyland, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LINDANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lindane is used in the context of the following news items.
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People's Pharmacy: How to treat head lice without lindane
We have always used lindane, but the doctor said to use permethrin instead. That didn't work. What else can we do? And what is wrong with ... «Winston-Salem Journal, Jul 15»
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Colorado's "Gem of the Rockies" Suffers Beetle Epidemic
We used to have Lindane and linseed oil blends as an option to kill the beetles and thwart their spread. It seemed to work just fine until it was ... «Curbed Seattle, Jul 15»
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DDT, lindane linked to cancer - WHO
The World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has now classified the lindane insecticide as ... «The Observer, Jul 15»
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Rachel Carson Was Right: World Health Organization on Pesticides …
Two of those toxic chemicals – DDT and lindane – were the subject of a recent World Health Organization review. The agency found that they ... «Center for Effective Government, Jul 15»
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Popular weedkiller may cause cancer, World Health Organization …
The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer also classified the insecticide lindane, which was once used for insect control in ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
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CropLife says IARC “hazard” herbicides classifications confuse …
This month IARC assessed 2,4-D, DDT and lindane. Notwithstanding our concerns about how the classifications were reached, the failure to ... «Genetic Literacy Project, Jul 15»
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Weedkiller may cause cancer
The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer also classified the insecticide lindane, which was once used for insect control in ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
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The Maggi controversy: Recipe for disaster
... series of tests which found high levels of lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos, all poisonous pesticides, in these two popular soft drinks. «Sri Lanka Guardian, Jun 15»
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“Intolerable Levels” of Monsanto's Glyphosate (Roundup) Found in …
The organization also recent declared 2 other pesticides – Lindane and DDT – as being cancer-causing to humans. Further commenting on the ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
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News digest – New NICE guidelines, more simple blood tests, and …
That's not to say that every chemical is safe, and this week the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the insecticide lindane causes ... «Cancer Research UK, Jun 15»

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