Scabicide
adjective
1.
Also, scabicidal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
noun
2.
a scabicide agent.
scabicide sca·bi·cide (skā’bĭ-sīd’)
n.
An agent that kills itch mites.
sca’bi·cid’al (-sīd’l) adj.
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