Meanings
adjectivemacrofilaricidal (comparative more macrofilaricidal, superlative most macrofilaricidal)
comparative more macrofilaricidal · superlative most macrofilaricidal
- That causes large-scale filaricide
nounmacrofilaricidal (plural macrofilaricidals)
plural macrofilaricidals
- Any drug that has this effect
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
- Proto-Hellenic*makrós
- Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
- Frenchmacro-
- Englishmacro-
- Englishfilaricidal
- Englishmacrofilaricidal
From macro- + filaricidal.
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APA
macrofilaricidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofilaricidal
MLA
“macrofilaricidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofilaricidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “macrofilaricidal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macrofilaricidal.
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