Definition of ANTHELMINTIC

anthelmintic

Meanings

Plural: anthelmintics

Noun

  • a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
  • A drug for the treatment of worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

Adjective Satellite

  • capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

Adj

  • Destructive to parasitic worms.

Origin / Etymology

From ant- + helminth + -ic; the th in helminth has become t by dissimilation.

Scrabble Score: 19

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Words With Friends Score: 23

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