parasiticide
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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
When warts are numerous and close together parasiticide applications can be daily made to the whole affected region.
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
It is useful also locally in rheumatic affections as a resolvent and anodyne, in acne, and as a parasiticide.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
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
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