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MeSH Heading: Acaricides
Tree Number(s): D27.720.031.700.071; D27.888.723.071
Unique ID: D056810
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056810
Annotation: For use to kill or control mites and ticks, use no qualifiers on the acaricide or the mite or tick; appropriate qualifiers may be used when other aspects of the acaricide are discussed, such as the effect on a physiologic process or behavioral aspect of the mite or tick.
Scope Note: A pesticide or chemical agent that kills mites and ticks. This is a large class that includes carbamates, formamides, organochlorines, organophosphates, etc, that act as antibiotics or growth regulators.
Entry Term(s): Acaricide; Mite Control Agent; Miticide
Registry Number: 0
Previous Indexing: Insecticides (1981-2009)
See Also: Mites
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0529265
Registry Number: 0
Scope Note: A pesticide or chemical agent that kills mites and ticks. This is a large class that includes carbamates, formamides, organochlorines, organophosphates, etc, that act as antibiotics or growth regulators.
Terms: Acaricides Preferred Term
Term UI T750240
Date04/28/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Miticide
Term UI T734765
Date02/09/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Mite Control Agent
Term UI T734686
Date02/06/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2010); Acaricide
Term UI T000996498
Date11/15/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

Acaricides MeSH Descriptor Data 2023