vermifuge
[vur-muh-fyooj]
- serving to expel worms or other animal parasites from the intestines, as a medicine.
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- a vermifuge medicine or agent.
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Origin of vermifuge
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Ainslie states that the decoction is employed as a vermifuge and purgative.
The Medicinal Plants of the PhilippinesT. H. Pardo de Tavera
Its efficacy as a vermifuge is unquestioned; but it should be used with caution.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of AmericaFearing Burr
The above are purgative and vermifuge, applied as frictions to the abdomen.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
Reputed antispasmodic, emmenagogue, stimulant, and vermifuge.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
As a medicine it is stimulant, diuretic, sudorific, and vermifuge.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
vermifuge
- any drug or agent able to destroy or expel intestinal worms; an anthelmintic
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