Etymology

xenointoxication

Today it means: A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite. Full definition →

Spanish xenointoxicación
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  1. Spanish · derived fromxenointoxicación
  2. English todayxenointoxication

From xeno- (“From a donor of another species”) + intoxication. The term first appeared as a translation of Spanish xenointoxicación, both attested in an Argentinan research article in December 1948.

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