ivermectin

noun

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

   “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.”