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pesticide
<pharmacology> A chemical which is used to kill unwanted organisms such as rats, insects, nematodes, etc.

Pesticides often act as nerve poisons, and they are hazardous to animals and humans (some pesticides can cause nerve or liver damage, birth defects and cancer).

See: biological magnification and herbicide.