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dehelminthize

dehelminthize verb: to remove the parasitic worms from (an infected host).

Verb

dehelminthize (third-person singular simple present dehelminthizes, present participle dehelminthizing, simple past and past participle dehelminthized)

  1. (transitive) To remove the parasitic worms from (an infected host).

Forms of dehelminthize

third-person singular presentdehelminthizes
present participledehelminthizing
past participledehelminthized
pastdehelminthized

Origin of dehelminthize

From de- + helminth + -ize.

Questions about dehelminthize

What does dehelminthize mean?
Dehelminthize means to remove the parasitic worms from (an infected host).
What part of speech is dehelminthize?
Dehelminthize is a verb.
What is the past tense of dehelminthize?
The past tense of dehelminthize is dehelminthized.

Words near dehelminthize in the dictionary

  1. dehellenized
  2. dehellenizes
  3. dehellenizing
  4. dehelminthization
  5. dehelminthizations
  6. dehelminthize
  7. dehelminthized
  8. dehelminthizes
  9. dehelminthizing
  10. dehemoglobinize
  11. dehemoglobinized

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