ANTHELMINTIC

Anthelmintic

Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are drugs that expel parasitic worms from the body, by either stunning or killing them. They may also be called vermifuges or vermicides .

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anthelmintic

Noun

  1. A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

Adjective

  1. Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
    Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.


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