IVERMECTIN


Meaning of IVERMECTIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌī-vər-ˈmek-tən ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from d i- + New Latin a verm itilis (specific epithet of Streptomyces avermitilis, bacterium from which it is derived) + English -ect- (of unknown origin) + -in (I)

Date: 1981

: a drug mixture of two structurally similar semisynthetic lactones that is used in veterinary medicine as an anthelmintic, acaricide, and insecticide and in human medicine to treat onchocerciasis

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