xenointoxication
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From xeno- (“From a donor of another species”) + intoxication. The term first appeared as a translation of Spanish xenointoxicación, both attested in an Argentinan research article in December 1948.[1][2]
Noun
[edit]xenointoxication (countable and uncountable, plural xenointoxications)
- (uncommon) A form of pest control in which an ectoparasite's host animal is dosed with a substance that is poisonous to the parasite.
References
[edit]- ^ C. Romana, J. W. Abalos (1948 December) “Xenointoxicación. Método de lucha contra los parásitos hermatófagos”, in Instituto de Medicina Regional[1], volume 2, number 2, Tucumán, Argentina, pages 147-152
- ^ Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology
See also
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xenointoxication on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
