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vermifuge

[ vur-muh-fyooj ]

adjective

  1. serving to expel worms or other animal parasites from the intestines, as a medicine.


noun

  1. a vermifuge medicine or agent.

vermifuge

/ ËŒvÉœËmɪˈfjuËÉ¡É™l; ˈvÉœËmɪˌfjuËdÊ’ /

noun

  1. any drug or agent able to destroy or expel intestinal worms; an anthelmintic
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Derived Forms

  • vermifugal, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vermifuge1

First recorded in 1690–1700; vermi- + -fuge
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Example Sentences

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Purslane, which the Cherokee used as a vermifuge because its scarlet stalks looked vaguely wormlike, is also a powerful antioxidant.

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If I can’t quite get the hang of poverty-chastity-and-obedience, I can learn instead about vermifuges, breech deliveries, arrow wounds, gangrene, and elephantiasis.

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Finally, the treatment of that over-rated bugbear in the way of diseases, "Worms," is easily summarised thus—Meat feeding; an iron tonic; a vermifuge after the tonic course, and not before.

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Tape-worm.—Recently attention has been called to cocoanuts as a vermifuge.

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In autumn all horses that have been grazing should be dosed with some vermifuge to destroy the worms that are invariably present, and thus prevent colic or an unthrifty or anaemic state.

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