parasiticide

American  

[par-uh-sit-uh-sahyd] / ˌpær əˈsɪt əˌsaɪd /

noun

1. an agent or preparation that destroys parasites.

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adjective

1. destructive to parasites.

parasiticide British  

/ ˌpærəˈsɪtɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. any substance capable of destroying parasites

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adjective

1. destructive to parasites

Other Word Forms

• parasiticidal adjective

Etymology

Origin of parasiticide

First recorded in 1860–65; parasite + -i- + -cide

Example Sentences

Once Mr. Bow spotted the lice, he escorted me to a delousing shower room in the hospital and I washed with a parasiticide that smelled like licorice.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Treatment is entirely local and consists in keeping the parts free from crusts, in epilation and applications of a parasiticide.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

This excellent parasiticide may perhaps be equally endowed with anti-typhic properties.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

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.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

The drug is a feeble parasiticide, and has been used locally in the treatment of ringworm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various