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-antel

-antel suffix: forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.

Suffix

-antel

  1. Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.

Origin of -antel

From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.

Questions about -antel

What does -antel mean?
-antel means forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.
What part of speech is -antel?
-antel is a suffix.

Words near -antel in the dictionary

  1. -ania
  2. -anine
  3. -ans
  4. -anserin
  5. -ant
  6. -antel
  7. -anth
  8. -anthous
  9. -anthrope
  10. -anthropy
  11. -apalooza

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