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misdo (iou) and sterile insect technique (medicine)


misdo (iou)



misdo verb. .
[Old English misdon, from Germanic base of MIS-1, DO verb.]
verb intrans. Do evil or wrong; do harm or injury. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
Dryden I have misdone; and I endure the Smart.
verb trans.
a. Do in error, make a mistake in doing. Now rare or obsolete. OE.
T. Kyd O poore Horatio, what hadst thou misdonne.
b. Do badly or improperly. M19.
verb trans. Harm, injure, wrong. Long rare. ME.
verb trans. Destroy, do away with. ME-E17.
misdoer noun (now rare) a wrongdoer, a malefactor ME.
misdoing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a misdeed: ME.

sterile insect technique (medicine)


sterile insect technique


A technique used to control or eradicate insect pests or vectors, utilizing induction by irradiation of dominant lethality in the chromosomes of the released insects.