Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An agent or preparation used to destroy parasites.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which destroys parasites; any agent or material means of killing parasites, as an insecticide, a vermifuge, etc.
- Parasiticidal; destructive to parasites.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Anything used to destroy parasites.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any
substance used to killparasites
Etymologies
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Examples
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Peru balsam is used extensively as a local protectant, rubefacient, parasiticide in certain skin diseases, antiseptic, and applied externally as an ointment, or in alcoholic solutions.
Chapter 43 1990
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It is useful also locally in rheumatic affections as a resolvent and anodyne, in acne, and as a parasiticide.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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In the Pharmacopoeia of India is given the formula for a parasiticide ointment, highly recommended in the treatment of pediculi:
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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By occasional soap-and-hot-water washing; by extraction of the involved hairs, when practicable; by carbolic acid or boric acid lotions to the whole scalp, so as to limit, as much as possible, the spread of the disease; and by daily (or twice daily) applications to the patches and involved areas of a parasiticide.
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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The frequent or constant application of a mild antiseptic lotion, such as boric acid and resorcin, or of a mild parasiticide ointment will generally bring the disease gradually to an end.
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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When warts are numerous and close together parasiticide applications can be daily made to the whole affected region.
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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Treatment is entirely local and consists in keeping the parts free from crusts, in epilation and applications of a parasiticide.
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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Treatment consists in administration of moderate to large doses of potassium iodide, and in the employment of antiseptic and parasiticide applications; usually, however, radical treatment, such as employed in lupus vulgaris, may be necessary.
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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Putney's pipeline includes products requested by veterinarians in the anti-infective, pain, parasiticide, anesthesia & sedation, and dermatological therapeutic categories.
unknown title 2009
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a useful parasiticide especially when used on the scalp, but it is necessary to avoid getting any of the drug in the eyes on account of its irritant effect.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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