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antiparasitic

[an″te-, an″ti-par″ah-sit´ik]

1. destroying parasites.

2. an agent that destroys parasites.

an·ti·par·a·sit·ic

(an'tē-par-ă-sit'ik),

Destructive to parasites.

antiparasitic

/an·ti·par·a·sit·ic/ (-par″ah-sit´ik) destructive to parasites, or an agent with this quality.

antiparasitic

(ăn′tē-păr′ə-sĭt′ĭk, ăn′tī-)

adj.

Destroying or inhibiting the growth and reproduction of human or animal parasites.

An antiparasitic drug.

antiparasitic

[-per′əsit′ik]

Etymology: Gk, anti + parasitos, guest

1 pertaining to a substance or procedure that kills parasites or inhibits their growth or reproduction.

2 an antiparasitic drug such as an amebicide, an anthelmintic, an antimalarial, a schistosomicide, a trichomonacide, or a trypanocide.

an·ti·par·a·sit·ic

(an'tē-par-ă-sit'ik)

Destructive to parasites.

an·ti·par·a·sit·ic

(an'tē-par-ă-sit'ik)

Destructive to parasites.

antiparasitic

1. destroying parasites.

2. an agent that destroys parasites.

antiparasitic agent

includes insecticides, acaricides and anthelmintics. Their suitability depends on their efficiency in reducing parasite loads, especially of the immature forms, the breadth of their therapeutic spectrum, safety, their ease of administration, cost and freedom from tissue residue problems and the development of resistance.

systemic antiparasitic

the medication is administered orally or by injection and exerts its effect when the target parasite sucks blood or other body fluids or is in contact with the agent in the gut lumen.

topical antiparasitic

medication applied directly to the skin.

References in periodicals archive ?

Feeds containing medically active ingredients, such as antibiocic and antiparasitic drugs or insecticides, that are fed on a "free-choice" basis, are designated free-choice medicated feeds (FCMF) by the U.

2009), and considerable fractions of some antiparasitic medications (Lumaret and Errouissi 2002; Wall and Strong 1987), are not absorbed by animals and are eliminated in waste.

Environmental consequences of treating cattle with the antiparasitic drug ivermectin.

Dose imprecision and resistance: free-choice medicated feeds in industrial food animal production in the United States

However, on the other hand, growing resistance to antiparasitics works in the opposite direction by increasing sales, in both cases, of technical instruments, such as lice combs, and often in combination with lifestyle and behavioural changes which are used to combat the epidemics in place of medical substances.

USPRwire, Thu Apr 30 2015] Recent years have seen an increase in the severity and scope of parasites, lice in particular, among school children, and therefore a corresponding increase in sales of products of antiparasitic nature has been observed.