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amoscanate

amoscanate noun: an experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.

Noun

amoscanate (uncountable)

  1. An experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
    Synonyms:
    nithiocyamine

Synonyms of amoscanate

Questions about amoscanate

What does amoscanate mean?
Amoscanate means an experimental anthelmintic agent of the arylisothiocyanate class, found to be highly effective in animals against hookworms and the four major species of schistosomes, but possibly hepatotoxic.
What part of speech is amoscanate?
Amoscanate is a noun.

Words near amoscanate in the dictionary

  1. amortizes
  2. amortizing
  3. Amoruso
  4. Amory
  5. Amos
  6. amoscanate
  7. Amosfield
  8. amosite
  9. amosites
  10. Amoskeag
  11. amosulalol

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