anthelmintic

[ant-hel-min-tik, an-thel-]Pharmacology

adjective

of or relating to a substance capable of destroying or eliminating parasitic worms, especially human intestinal helminths.

noun

any such substance.

Origin of anthelmintic

First recorded in 1675–85; ant- + helmint(h)ic

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Examples from the Web for anthelmintic

Historical Examples of anthelmintic

A powerful astringent, purgative, anthelmintic, and narcotic.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
The anthelmintic action of this remedy was also unknown to him.
Parasites
T. Spencer Cobbold
The root is bitter, nauseous, and used in North America as anthelmintic.
Flowers and Flower-Gardens
David Lester Richardson
Its bark is anthelmintic, but requires care in its administration, being powerfully narcotic.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
William Saunders
It is also used medicinally as an anthelmintic and has been successfully used in cases of tapeworm.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
William Saunders

British Dictionary definitions for anthelmintic

anthelmintic

anthelminthic (ˌænθɛlˈmɪnθɪk) or antihelminthic (ˌæntɪhelˈmɪnθɪk)

noun

med another name for vermifuge

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anthelmintic in Medicine

anthelmintic

[ănt′hĕl-mĭn′tĭk, ăn′thĕl-]

An agent that destroys or causes the expulsion of parasitic intestinal worms.helminthagogue helminthic vermifuge

adj.

Acting to expel or destroy parasitic intestinal worms.