scab·i·cide

[skab-uh-sahyd]
adjective
1.
Also, scab·i·ci·dal. destructive to the organisms causing scabies.
noun
2.
a scabicide agent.

Origin:
scabi(es) + -cide

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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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Scabicide is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Getting the scabicide into the eyes or mouth must be avoided.
Fingernails and toenails should be clipped and scabicide applied under the nails.
Scabicide lotion or cream should be applied to all areas of the body from the neck down to the feet and toes.
Some of these individuals had already been treated with a scabicide by their private physicians.
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