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noun
A compound of the avermectin group, used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: horse dewormer, horse paste
Antonyms: none provided
History
From di- + avermectin.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
