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protoscolicidal

protoscolicidal adjective: that leads to death of scolexes.

Adjective

protoscolicidal (not comparable)

  1. That leads to death of scolexes
    • They conclude that, in the future, combined therapy with praziquantel and albendazole could be successfully applied to humans as preoperative treatment, thereby avoiding accidental dissemination, due to the combination's protoscolicidal action.2015 July 6, Ozhan Pazarci, Zekeriya Oztemur, Okay Bulut, “Treatment of Bifocal Cyst Hydatid Involvement in Right Femur with Teicoplanin Added Bone Cement and Albendazole”, in Case Reports in...

Origin of protoscolicidal

From proto- + scolicidal.

Questions about protoscolicidal

What does protoscolicidal mean?
Protoscolicidal means that leads to death of scolexes.
What part of speech is protoscolicidal?
Protoscolicidal is an adjective.

Words near protoscolicidal in the dictionary

  1. protoscientist
  2. protoscientists
  3. protoscoleces
  4. protoscolex
  5. protoscolices
  6. protoscolicidal
  7. protoscripture
  8. protoscriptures
  9. protose
  10. protoselenide
  11. protosequence

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