English Explanatory Dictionary

taenicide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medicine that destroys tapeworms.

Word forms

taenicide taenicides tænicide taeniacide tenicide teniacide

Etymology

From Latin taenia (“band, ribbon”), from Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía), + -cide (“killer”), from Latin -cīda.

Related words

taenifuge taeniasis vermifuge anthelmintic
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