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antihelminthic

antihelminthic 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 antihelminthic

Adjective
comparativemore antihelminthic
superlativemost antihelminthic
Noun
pluralantihelminthics

Origin of antihelminthic

From anti- + helminth + -ic.

Questions about antihelminthic

What is antihelminthic the alternative form of?
Antihelminthic is the alternative form of anthelmintic.

Words near antihelminthic in the dictionary

  1. antihelions
  2. antihelium
  3. antihelix
  4. antihelixes
  5. antihelminth
  6. antihelminthic
  7. antihelminthics
  8. antihelminths
  9. antihelmintic
  10. antihelmintics
  11. antihemagglutinin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antihelminthic (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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