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PEDICULICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pediculicide mean?
• PEDICULICIDE (noun)
The noun PEDICULICIDE has 1 sense:
1. a chemical agent that kills lice
Familiarity information: PEDICULICIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical agent that kills lice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("pediculicide" is a kind of...):
pesticide (a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects))
Context examples
Lindane also has topical pediculicide and scabicide activities probably due to its neurotoxic effects.
(Lindane, NCI Thesaurus)
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