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oxyuricide

oxyuricide noun: any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.

Noun

oxyuricide (plural oxyuricides)

  1. Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.

Forms of oxyuricide

pluraloxyuricides

Origin of oxyuricide

Oxyuris + -cide

Questions about oxyuricide

What does oxyuricide mean?
Oxyuricide means any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.
What part of speech is oxyuricide?
Oxyuricide is a noun.
What is the plural of oxyuricide?
The plural of oxyuricide is oxyuricides.

Words near oxyuricide in the dictionary

  1. oxytrichids
  2. oxytrope
  3. oxytropes
  4. oxyuriasis
  5. oxyuricidal
  6. oxyuricide
  7. oxyuricides
  8. oxyurid
  9. oxyurids
  10. oxyweld
  11. oxywelded

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