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anthelminthic

anthelminthic is the alternative form of anthelmintic.

Meaning of anthelmintic

Adjective

anthelmintic (comparative more anthelmintic, superlative most anthelmintic)

  1. Destructive to parasitic worms.
    • Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.

See all 2 meanings of anthelmintic

Forms of anthelminthic

Adjective
comparativemore anthelminthic
superlativemost anthelminthic
Noun
pluralanthelminthics

Origin of anthelminthic

From ant- + helminth + -ic.

Questions about anthelminthic

What is anthelminthic the alternative form of?
Anthelminthic is the alternative form of anthelmintic.

Words near anthelminthic in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthelminthic (page history and authors); anthelmintic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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