protoscolicidal

English

Etymology

proto- +‎ scolicidal

Adjective

protoscolicidal (not comparable)

1. That leads to death of scolexes
   • 2015 July 6, Ozhan Pazarci, Zekeriya Oztemur, Okay Bulut, “Treatment of Bifocal Cyst Hydatid Involvement in Right Femur with Teicoplanin Added Bone Cement and Albendazole”, in Case Reports in Orthopedics‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     They conclude that, in the future, combined therapy with praziquantel and albendazole could be successfully applied to humans as preoperative treatment, thereby avoiding accidental dissemination, due to the combination's protoscolicidal action.