tepan.
/ˈtiːpə/ Chemistry.
An organophosphorus compound, PO(N(CH2)2)3, used as an insect sterilant and formerly in the treatment of cancer.
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1953 Cancer 6 140/2 These observations justify the continuation of studies of the action of tepa in advanced cancer.
1963 New Scientist 13 June 603/2 More than 3¼ million flies..had been sexually sterilised by dipping their pupae in a 5 per cent solution of tepa.
1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse iii. 196 [Experimenters] tried to eradicate tsetse from an area in Rhodesia by sterilizing male flies with..tepa.
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