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Definition of Nematocide
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nematocide
1. An agent that kills nematodes. Origin: nematode + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nematocide
Literary usage of Nematocide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... -nematocide Tests, AB Groves, Ed. (American Phytopathological Society, Marcellus,
NY, 1960), p. 62. 4. KT Potts, Chem. Rev. 61. 87 (1961). 5. ..."
2. Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul A. Robinson (1996)
"nematocide: A pesticide that kills nematodes, otherwise known as eelworms or
round worms. These worms are often parasites of ..."
3. Reopening Public Facilities After a Biological Attack: A Decision Making by National Research Council (2005)
"It is also an effective nematocide. Preliminary efficacy trials have been conducted
at the University of Florida on B. anthracis surrogates. ..."
4. Report on Economic Zoology by Frederick Vincent Theobald (1903)
"This can of course always be counteracted by administering stimulants." * The
importance of Thymol as a nematocide is now well-known, it being especially ..."
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