organophosphate nerve agent

Noun organophosphate nerve agent has 1 sense

• organophosphate nerve agent(n = noun.substance) - 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;
is a kind of nerve agent, nerve gas
has particulars: gb, sarin, gd, soman, ga, tabun