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anthelmint

anthelmint is the alternative form of anthelmintic.

Meaning of anthelmintic

Noun

anthelmintic (plural anthelmintics)

  1. A drug for the treatment of worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.
    • The bark of the root is likewise valued as an anthelmintic in cases of tape-worm.1911, Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Pomegranate
    Synonyms:
    helminthic

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Forms of anthelmint

pluralanthelmints

Questions about anthelmint

What is anthelmint the alternative form of?
Anthelmint is the alternative form of anthelmintic.

Words near anthelmint in the dictionary

  1. anthelids
  2. anthelion
  3. anthelions
  4. anthelix
  5. anthelixes
  6. anthelmint
  7. anthelminthic
  8. anthelminthics
  9. anthelmintic
  10. anthelmintically
  11. anthelmintics

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