xenointoxication

English

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation

Noun

xenointoxication (countable and uncountable, plural xenointoxications)

  1. (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

  1. ^ C. Romana, J. W. Abalos (December 1948) “Xenointoxicación. Método de lucha contra los parásitos hermatófagos”, in Instituto de Medicina Regional‎[1], volume 2, number 2, Tucumán, Argentina, pages 147-152
  2. ^ Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology

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