Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
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;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
organophosphate nerve agent
n 1: 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