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nematocide

 [nem´ah-to-sīd″]
1. destroying nematodes.
2. an agent that destroys nematodes.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ne·mat·i·cide

, nematocide (nĕ-mat'i-sīd),
An agent that kills nematodes.
[nematode + L. caedo, to kill]
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nematocide

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nematicide

(nĕm′ə-tĭ-sīd′, nə-măt′ĭ-)
n.
A substance or agent used to kill nematodes.
nem′a·to·cid′al, nem′a·ti·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.
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