Etymology

oxyuricidal

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Today it means: Destructive to worms of the genus Oxyuris, or pinworms. Full definition →

translingual Oxyuris
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  1. translingual · derived fromOxyuris
  2. English todayoxyuricidal

From translingual Oxyuris + -cidal.

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