anthelmintic
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
anthelmintic
- (medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
- Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.
- 1911, Ankylostomiasis, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,
- The parasites thrive in an environment of dirt, and the main lines of precaution are those dictated by sanitary science. Malefern, santonine, thymol and other anthelmintic remedies are prescribed.
- 1918, American Society for Microbiology, Society of American Bacteriologists, Abstracts of Bacteriology, Volume 2, page 262 ↗,
- However, the lighter boiling constituents of tne oil are much less irritating and at the same time they are apparently more anthelmintic than the heavier fraction.
- 1919, Experiment Station Record, Volume 39, page 586 ↗,
- Our experiments indicate that this constituent is anthelmintic and also a gastrointestinal irritant, while the lighter portion of the oil is apparently even more anthelmintic and much less irritating.
- French: anthelmintique
- German: anthelminthisch
- Portuguese: anti-helmíntico
- Russian: противогли́стный
- Spanish: antihelmíntico
anthelmintic (plural anthelmintics)
- (medicine) A drug#Noun|drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.
- 1911, Pomegranate, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
- The bark of the root is likewise valued as an anthelmintic in cases of tape-worm.
- 1911, Pomegranate, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
- Portuguese: anti-helmíntico
- Spanish: antihelmíntico
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