A substance or treatment that kills external parasites living on an animal's body.
From 'epizoa' plus '-cide' (a substance that kills). This compound was created in scientific and veterinary terminology.
Epizoicides revolutionized animal agriculture—dips and sprays that killed parasites increased livestock health and productivity, and the race to invent better ones led to the entire field of modern pesticide chemistry.
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