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  • noun Either of a pair of related synthetic pyrethroids used in insecticides to paralyse the nervous system.

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  • ThermaCELL utilizes allethrin, an artificial version of a natural insecticide found in chrysanthemum flowers.

    Denver Post: All Blogs 2010

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