Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A medicine that expels intestinal worms.
- adjective Causing expulsion of intestinal worms; anthelmintic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A remedy employed to effect the dislodgment and expulsion of intestinal worms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective medicine, dated Referring to something that acts as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
- noun medicine, dated A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
Etymologies
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Examples
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This has tonic and astringent properties, but is mainly prescribed as a vermifuge, which is one of the names given to it.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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The farmers can't afford the price of vaccination or vermifuge and their animals get sick and die.
Insurrection of the Famished �� Causes and Possible Remedies of the World Hunger Crisis 2008
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Mexican natural healers tout papaya seeds as remedies for menstrual, liver and spleen ailments, as well as being used as a vermifuge.
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Mexican natural healers tout papaya seeds as remedies for menstrual, liver and spleen ailments, as well as being used as a vermifuge.
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Mexican natural healers tout papaya seeds as remedies for menstrual, liver and spleen ailments, as well as being used as a vermifuge.
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Taking a look at Carvacrol alone it is a compound that has been cited for over 28 effects, ranging from Anthelmintic vermifuge or a compound that removes parasitic worms, to an Antiseptic.
Archive 2007-09-01 2007
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In perfumery, however, any Fougère composition will have very little power for vermifuge purposes.
Fougère, Coumarin and the Bittersweetness of Green Ayala Sender 2007
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Grieve says it "is a good remedy for enfeebled digestion and debility," that it "will relieve melancholia and help to dispel the yellow hue of jaundice from the skin," that it acts as a diuretic, that it's a good vermifuge duh, and that it's a good "mental restorative."
absinthe asakiyume 2007
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In perfumery, however, any Fougère composition will have very little power for vermifuge purposes.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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Taking a look at Carvacrol alone it is a compound that has been cited for over 28 effects, ranging from Anthelmintic vermifuge or a compound that removes parasitic worms, to an Antiseptic.
manilamac commented on the word vermifuge
In speculative fiction, I've seen this word applied to computer worms. In fact, I see it as a sort of trend. As computer tech gives way more to bio-tech there will be more and more wrods crossing over.
August 19, 2009