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 orvermin ;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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