Associations to the word «Anthelmintic»

Wiktionary

ANTHELMINTIC, adjective. (medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
ANTHELMINTIC, noun. (medicine) A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

Dictionary definition

ANTHELMINTIC, noun. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms.
ANTHELMINTIC, adjective. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.

Wise words

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