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Rodenticidal
Capable of killing rats or other rodent pests or preventing them from damaging food, crops, etc
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Show more- Resuscitate To restore to life. Derived from the Latin resuscitare, to reawaken
- Xeroderma Abnormally dry skin. Xeroderma can be caused by a deficiency of vitamin A, systemic illness, overexposure to…
- Demulcent Soothing. The word 'demulcent' comes from the Latin verb, 'demulcere' meaning 'to caress.' Something that is…
- Heights, fear of An irrational unreasonable fear of heights is called acrophobia. From the Greek 'acron', height + 'phobos'…
- Dysplastic nevi Atypical moles whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to be…
- Carbolic acid A synonym of phenol. In dilute solution, an antimicrobial agent. First used to clean wounds and dress them by…
- Decease To depart from life; to die
- Amebic dysentery Dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba…
- Juxta- The prefix "juxta-" comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed…
- Adenoids and Tonsils Adenoids and Tonsils: These celebrated structures (adenoids and tonsils) in the back of the throat are…
- Ductal carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating Breast, infiltrating: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of cancer…
- Lymphoproliferative disorders Malignant diseases of the lymphoid cells and cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and…