parasiticiden.
/ˌparəˈsɪtᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌpɛrəˈsɪdᵻˌsaɪd/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
A drug or other agent that destroys parasites.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [noun]
parasiticide1858
1858 Med. Times & Gaz. 15 May 502/2 Parasiticides.
1869 T. H. Tanner Man. Pract. Med. (ed. 6) II. 426 To form an opening through which the parasiticide lotion can soak.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 86 Oil of Cajeput..is exceedingly destructive to low forms of life, and consequently has been used as a parasiticide.
1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Aug. 499/3 In 1913 there was shipped to Germany..250 tons of Sabadilla seeds, a preparation of which is used as a parasiticide against lice.
1932 J. M. Watt & M. G. Breyer-Brandwijk Med. & Poisonous Plants S. Afr. 195 Tagetes minuta L.,..is frequently referred to in the daily Press as an excellent parasiticide for cattle.
1994 Dog World June 33/2 Parasiticides approved for use in small animals can be broken into three major groups.
Derivatives
paraˈsiticidal adj. of the nature of a parasiticide; destroying parasites.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [adjective]
parasiticidal1867
1867 J. King Causes Chronic Dis. 1081 The best parasiticidal agents are the following: 1. Take of Sulphite of Soda one drachm, Distilled Water three fluidrachms, Glycerin one ounce and a half; mix.
1945 S. E. Gould Trichinosis xi. 269 Greenwood..could demonstrate no parasiticidal effect of tartar emetic on trichinae in white rats.
1987 Nature 16 July 205/1 Attempts to eradicate malaria by parasiticidal drugs and insecticides have been only partially successful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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