vermifuge

American  

[vur-muh-fyooj] / ˈvɜr məˌfyudʒ /

adjective

1. serving to expel worms or other animal parasites from the intestines, as a medicine.

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noun

1. a vermifuge medicine or agent.

vermifuge British  

/ ˌvɜːmɪˈfjuːɡəl, ˈvɜːmɪˌfjuːdʒ /

noun

1. any drug or agent able to destroy or expel intestinal worms; an anthelmintic

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Other Word Forms

• vermifugal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of vermifuge

First recorded in 1690–1700; vermi- + -fuge

Example Sentences

In a dingy courtroom stinking of vermifuge, at Mays Landing, N. J., last week, two petty criminals stood before the bar of justice.

From Time Magazine Archive

He remembered hearing that vermifuge cures dogs of the "fits" and he saw no reason why it should not work on humans.

From Time Magazine Archive

An infusion of the buds makes a good vermifuge for sheep and pigs.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

This bark appears to have been known to the ancients, and used by them as a vermifuge, and is still used in Hindostan as a specific against tapeworm.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Ainslie states that the decoction is employed as a vermifuge and purgative.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers