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Definition of Parasiticide
1. n. Anything used to destroy parasites.
Definition of Parasiticide
1. Noun. any substance used to kill parasites ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parasiticide
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Medical Definition of Parasiticide
1. An agent that destroys parasites. Origin: parasite + L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parasiticide
Literary usage of Parasiticide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"epidermic layers or small hairs, and (2) because the parasiticide, being usually
an irritant, helps mechanically to remove the fungus by promoting ..."
2. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"It is of no service in erysipelas, and is not a parasiticide; but has rendered
good service in moist eczema, erosions, excoriations, aud superficial ..."
3. Materia medica and pharmacy by Reynold Webb Wilcox (1907)
"It is an energetic parasiticide and a powerful convulsive poison, acting mainly
on the medulla oblongata; in very small doses, a bitter tonic. USES. ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"The local parasiticide employed should be efficient against the bacillus of ...
In applying the parasiticide, it is necessary to avoid all procedures which ..."
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