Definition of levamisole in English:
levamisole
noun lɪˈvamɪsəʊlləˈvaməˌsōl
mass nounMedicine A synthetic compound used as an anthelmintic drug (especially in animals) and in cancer chemotherapy.
A polycyclic imidazole derivative; chemical formula: C₁₁H₁₂N₂S
Example sentencesExamples
- In addition, administration of levamisole did not influence the SCC or IgG concentration in the colostrum of mares.
- Drugs assessed in these trials included albendazole, piperazine, mebendazole, levamisole, pyrantel, and tetrachlorethylene.
- In addition, no persuasive mechanism for the assumed synergism between fluorouracil and levamisole has been found.
- No staining was observed in animals mounted in levamisole but not irradiated, indicating that all expression of the transgene was laser induced.
- We selected for mutants that were resistant to the anthelmintic drug levamisole.
Origin
1960s: from levo- (it being a laevorotatory isomer) + (tetra)misole, the name of an anthelmintic drug.