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tabun

The first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare.

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        tabún

        Nerve agent.

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              Examples for "GA"
              Examples for "GA"
              1
              Conclusions: Maternity register GA data presented quality concerns in PTBi-EA study sites.
              Pubmed
              2
              This result demonstrated that MeJA-regulated GA biosynthesis might occur via NO signaling.
              Pubmed
              3
              Conclusion: Both CFP and FAF imaging are reliable for measuring GA area.
              Pubmed
              4
              Yes, if an aircraft takes off from a GA airport under ATC.
              Bare Bones
              5
              According the scatterplot, AFI values practically did not vary with advancing GA.
              Pubmed
              1
              Now, as for organophosphorus compounds used in chemical warfare, that could only mean sarin, soman, tabun, that line of compounds.
              Underground
              2
              Nerve gases include tabun, soman and sarin - the agent experts think is most likely to have been used in Syria.
              Reuters