"anthelmintic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ænθɛlˈmɪntɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anthelmintic.wav Forms: more anthelmintic [comparative], most anthelmintic [superlative]
Etymology: From ant- + helminth + -ic; the th in helminth has become t by dissimilation. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ant-|helminth|-ic}} ant- + helminth + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} anthelmintic (comparative more anthelmintic, superlative most anthelmintic)
  1. (pharmacology) Destructive to parasitic worms. Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical effects, Pharmaceutical drugs Derived forms: anthelmintically Translations (destructive to parasitic intestinal worms): հակաճիճվային (hakačičvayin) (Armenian), противоглистен (protivoglisten) (Bulgarian), antihelmíntic (Catalan), wormdodend (Dutch), ontwormend (Dutch), anthelminttinen (Finnish), mato- (Finnish), anthelmintique (French), antihelmíntico [masculine] (Galician), anthelminthisch (German), entwurmend (German), anthelminthsch (Low German), przeciwrobaczy (Polish), anti-helmíntico [masculine] (Portuguese), противогли́стный (protivoglístnyj) (Russian), антигельми́нтный (antigelʹmíntnyj) [medicine, sciences] (Russian), глистого́нный (glistogónnyj) (Russian), antihelmíntico (Spanish), anthelmintisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-anthelmintic-en-adj-lJojGgjp Disambiguation of Pharmaceutical drugs: 60 40 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with ant- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ant-: 57 43 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: anthelminthic, antihelminthic, antihelmintic

Noun

IPA: /ænθɛlˈmɪntɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-anthelmintic.wav Forms: anthelmintics [plural]
Etymology: From ant- + helminth + -ic; the th in helminth has become t by dissimilation. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ant-|helminth|-ic}} ant- + helminth + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} anthelmintic (plural anthelmintics)
  1. (medicine) A drug for the treatment of worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: helminthic#Noun Related terms: praziquantel Translations (drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms): հակաճիճվային միջոց (hakačičvayin miǰocʻ) (Armenian), antihelmíntic [masculine] (Catalan), ormemedicin (Danish), ormaevni [neuter] (Faroese), matolääke (Finnish), Entwurmungsmittel [feminine] (German), Wurmmittel [feminine] (German), Anthelmintikum [neuter] (German), ormalyf [neuter] (Icelandic), péistphurgóid [feminine] (Irish), ormemiddel (Norwegian Bokmål), markmiddel (Norwegian Bokmål), ormemiddel (Norwegian Nynorsk), markmiddel (Norwegian Nynorsk), anti-helmíntico [masculine] (Portuguese), antihelmíntico [masculine] (Spanish), antihelmintikum [neuter] (Swedish), maskmedel [neuter] (Swedish), alis-bulati (Tagalog), tavummedin (Volapük)
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Synonyms: anthelminthic, antihelminthic, antihelmintic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms",
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