Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anthelmintic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anthelmintic \An`thel*min"tic\ ([a^]n`th[e^]l*m[i^]n"t[i^]k), a.
[Pref. anti- + Gr. "e`lmins, -inqos, worm, esp. a tapeworm,
or mawworm..] (Med.)
Good against intestinal worms. -- n. An anthelmintic remedy.
[Written also {anthelminthic}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anthelmintic
adj : capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms [syn: {anthelminthic},
{helminthic}, {parasiticidal}]
n : a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic
intestinal worms [syn: {vermifuge}, {anthelminthic}, {helminthic}]
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