organophosphate nerve agent

Noun

1.

organophosphate nerve agent - 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

GA, GB, GD, nerve agent, nerve gas, sarin, soman, tabun