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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.

Definition 2024


vermifuge

vermifuge

English

Adjective

vermifuge (comparative more vermifuge, superlative most vermifuge)

  1. (medicine, dated) Referring to something that acts as a drug to cause expulsion or death of intestinal worms.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

vermifuge (plural vermifuges)

  1. (medicine, dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.

Synonyms


French

Adjective

vermifuge m, f (plural vermifuges)

  1. (medicine) vermifuge

Noun

vermifuge m (plural vermifuges)

  1. (medicine) vermifuge