English Explanatory Dictionary

avermectin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a class of macrocyclic lactones, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, that are used medically to kill parasites

Word forms

avermectin avermectins

Related words

abamectin ivermectin doramectin selamectin

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