anthelmintic

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Destructive to parasitic worms.

   Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.

2. noun A drug for the treatment of worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

Similar words

parasiticidal vermifuge anthelminthic helminthic healthful antihelmintic antihelminthic antihelminth antiparasitological vermifugal

Often followed by

treatment drugs and activity properties resistance for in drug

Word family

anthelmintics