Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of a parasiticide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of destroying parasites, especially capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms
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Examples
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By both constitutional and local measures, the former having in view the invigoration of the nervous system, and the latter a stimulating and parasiticidal action of the affected areas.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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