ivermectin
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English
Etymology
From di- + avermectin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌɪ.vəˈmɛk.tɪn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌaɪ.vɚˈmɛk.tɪn/
Noun
ivermectin (countable and uncountable, plural ivermectins)
- (medicine, pharmacology) A compound of the avermectin group, used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness.
- Synonyms: (descriptive, during the COVID-19 pandemic) horse dewormer, (descriptive, during the COVID-19 pandemic) horse paste
- 2021 August 30, Emma Goldberg, “Demand Surges for Deworming Drug for Covid, Despite Scant Evidence It Works”, in The New York Times:
- Dr. Yu has refused the ivermectin requests, he said, but he knows some of his colleagues have not.
- 2024 December 11, John Timmer, “New congressional report: “COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory””, in Ars Technica:
- Perhaps the most egregious example of shifting the standards of evidence comes when the report discusses the off-label use of drugs such as chloroquine and ivermectin.
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References
- “ivermectin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ivermectin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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