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vermifuge

vermifuge adjective: acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.

Adjective

vermifuge (comparative more vermifuge, superlative most vermifuge)

  1. (dated) Acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
    Synonyms:
    anthelmintic

Noun

vermifuge (plural vermifuges)

  1. (dated) A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms.
    • We have been informed that the usual practice of Merchants, Farmers and Planters, in ordering their supplies of Dr. McLane's Celebrated VERMIFUGE, has been to simply write and order Vermifuge. The consequence is that instead of the genuine Dr. McLanes's Vermifuge, they very frequently get one or...1867, Advertisement, The Prairie Farmer, Volume 20, New Series, page 264
    • [...]; that the fruit is very good eating, either raw or boiled, and that the seeds, distinguished by a mustard-like pungency, are an efficacious vermifuge for children.1875, James Herman De Ricci, Fiji: Our New Province in the South Seas, page 135
    Synonyms:
    anthelmintic

vermifuge meaning in Tamil

vermifuge in Tamil

குடற்புழுக்கொல்லி, புழுவகற்றி

Synonyms of vermifuge

Forms of vermifuge

Adjective
comparativemore vermifuge
superlativemost vermifuge
Noun
pluralvermifuges

Origin of vermifuge

Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge.

Words formed from vermifuge

Questions about vermifuge

What does vermifuge mean?
Vermifuge means acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms.
What is vermifuge in Tamil?
Vermifuge in Tamil is குடற்புழுக்கொல்லி, புழுவகற்றி. See Vermifuge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vermifuge?
Vermifuge can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near vermifuge in the dictionary

  1. vermiform appendixes
  2. vermiformis
  3. vermiformity
  4. vermiformous
  5. vermifugal
  6. vermifuge
  7. vermifuges
  8. vermifugous
  9. vermigerous
  10. vermigrade
  11. vermil

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