Definition of Parasiticidal

1. Adjective. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.

Exact synonyms: Anthelminthic, Anthelmintic, Helminthic
Similar to: Healthful
Derivative terms: Anthelminthic, Anthelmintic, Helminthic

Definition of Parasiticidal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Parasiticidal

1. Destructive to parasites. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parasiticidal

parasitic disease
parasitic diseases
parasitic eosinophilic lung disease
parasitic granuloma
parasitic haemoptysis
parasitic infection
parasitic jaeger
parasitic leiomyoma
parasitic melanoderma
parasitic otitis
parasitic plant
parasitic thyroiditis
parasitic worm
parasitical
parasitically
parasiticidal (current term)
parasiticide
parasiticides
parasitics
parasitisation
parasitisations
parasitise
parasitised
parasitises
parasitising
parasitism
parasitisms
parasitization
parasitizations
parasitize

Literary usage of Parasiticidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Animal and Vegetable Parasites of the Human Body: A Manual of Their by Friedrich Küchenmeister (1857)
"EXPERIMENTS Made in order to test the parasiticidal effect of the most urgently recommended remedies. I could not succeed in generating a continuous growth ..."

2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Ligation of both ureters increased toxicity and parasiticidal action of ... Complete obstruction of the bile-duct increased the parasiticidal action of ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... deprived these substances of their parasiticidal power, he concluded that by acid groups the malachite- and brilliant-green colors were, in fact, ..."

4. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1893)
"The parasiticidal treatment was then discussed, and the question was asked whether it was possible by means of energetic applications and with the ..."

5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"The local treatment should be considered under three heads—mechanical, parasiticidal, and irritative. Under the head of mechanical treatment epilation is ..."

6. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"These preparations, in the doses recommended, exert a marked parasiticidal action on the benign tertian parasite, thick blood smears, showing numerous ..."

7. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"... is a № tinuous area of acute dermatitis, it is best first to thoroughly clean в' the scalp with soap and water and apply mild parasiticidal ointments ! ..."

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