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- noun A
broad-spectrum antiparasitic medication.
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Examples
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The technology has shifted since Dr. Le Berre's time: Efforts now focus on distributing a drug called ivermectin that kills the parasitic worm.
Rene Le Berre, who led successful fight against river blindness, dies Emma Brown 2010
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Sheep ranchers give their animals a drug called ivermectin to cure them of intestinal worms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Sheep ranchers give their animals a drug called ivermectin to cure them of intestinal worms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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Sheep ranchers give their animals a drug called ivermectin to cure them of intestinal worms.
Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009
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The long-standing treatment is an antiparasite drug called ivermectin, also called Mectizan, which is delivered in an annual dose.
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The anti-parastic drug is called ivermectin, or stromectol.
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They will be agents such as ivermectin or fenbendazole.
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Normally used for something called “river blindness,” ivermectin is used off-label for scabies and is supposedly almost 100 percent effective.
Dirty Secret Jessie Sholl 2011
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The meat came from a Brazilian establishment that was barred from importing to the U.S. in May because it repeatedly violated limits of the animal parasite drug ivermectin.
Cooked beef recalled - imported from blacklisted establishment 2010
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The meat came from a Brazilian establishment that was barred from importing to the U.S. in May because it repeatedly violated limits of the animal parasite drug ivermectin.
Cooked beef recalled - imported from black listed establishment 2010
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