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scabicide

American

[skab-uh-sahyd] / ˈskæb əˌsaɪd /

adjective

Also scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.

noun

a scabicide agent.

Etymology

Origin of scabicide

scabi(es) + -cide

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