anthelmintic
[ant-hel-min-tik, an-thel-]Pharmacology
- of or relating to a substance capable of destroying or eliminating parasitic worms, especially human intestinal helminths.
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- any such substance.
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Origin of anthelmintic
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A powerful astringent, purgative, anthelmintic, and narcotic.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The anthelmintic action of this remedy was also unknown to him.
ParasitesT. Spencer Cobbold
The root is bitter, nauseous, and used in North America as anthelmintic.
Flowers and Flower-GardensDavid Lester Richardson
Its bark is anthelmintic, but requires care in its administration, being powerfully narcotic.
It is also used medicinally as an anthelmintic and has been successfully used in cases of tapeworm.
anthelmintic
anthelminthic (ˌænθɛlˈmɪnθɪk) or antihelminthic (ˌæntɪhelˈmɪnθɪk)
- med another name for vermifuge
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anthelmintic
(ănt′hĕl-mĭn′tĭk, ăn′thĕl-)- An agent that destroys or causes the expulsion of parasitic intestinal worms.helminthagogue helminthic vermifuge
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- Acting to expel or destroy parasitic intestinal worms.
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