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Meaning of ivermectin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌʌɪ.vəˈmɛk.tɪn/

Definitions

A compound of the avermectin group, used as an anthelmintic in veterinary medicine and as a treatment for river blindness.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi ivermektiini

Examples

“Dr. Yu has refused the ivermectin requests, he said, but he knows some of his colleagues have not.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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