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oxyuricide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oxyu-ri-cide
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.

Etymology

Oxyuris + -cide

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

oxyuricides (plural)

Questions

What does oxyuricide mean?
Any anthelmintic that is destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms.
Where does oxyuricide come from?
Oxyuris + -cide

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