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Anthelmintic
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Meaning
Adj
●
In Pharmaceutical effects & Pharmaceutical drugs:
Destructive to
parasitic
intestinal
worms.
Noun
●
In Medicine:
A
drug
for the treatment of
intestinal
worm
infestation
, either by
killing
the
worm
s or by
causing
them to be
expelled
from the body.
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Origin
anthelmintic
English
ant-
English
helminth
English
Sourced from
Etym
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