English Explanatory Dictionary

vermifuge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
noun
  1. A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.

Word forms

vermifuge more vermifuge most vermifuge vermifuges

Etymology

Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge.

Synonyms

anthelmintic

Derived words

vermifugal
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