Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the character, quality, or effect of a vermifuge; tending to expel parasitic worms; anthelmintic; vermicidal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Med.) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective medicine Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.

Etymologies

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Latin vermis a worm + fugare to drive away, from fugere to flee. See worm, and fugitive.

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