- trypanosomicide
- SYN: trypanocide.
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try·pano·so·mi·cide (tri-pan″o-soґmĭ-sīd) trypanocide.
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trypanosomicide
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ethidium — SYN: homidium bromide. * * * ethid·i·um (ə thidґe əm) a fluorochrome that intercalates across double stranded nucleic acids, particularly DNA. Its bromide salt is used to detect DNA after electrophoresis or in cytochemical preparations … Medical dictionary
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homidium — ho·mid·i·um (ho midґe əm) a trypanosomicide used as the bromide and chloride salts in the treatment of infections with Trypanosoma congolense and T. vivax in cattle and horses. Its bromide salt is used in molecular genetics as a fluorochrome … Medical dictionary
