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Webster 1913 Edition


Vermifuge

Ver′mi-fuge

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
vermifuge
. See
Vermifugal
.]
(Med.)
A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vermifuge

VERM'IFUGE

,
Noun.
[L. vermis, a worm, and fugo, to expel.]
A medicine or substance that destroys or expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.