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Anthelmintic   Listen
adjective
Anthelmintic, anthelminthic  adj.  (Written also anthelminthic)  (Med.) Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
Synonyms: helminthic, parasiticidal






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Anthelmintic" Quotes from Famous Books



... worms during the whole of her life.—(London Medical and Physical Journal, vol. xxix. No. 231.) In Ireland, where, from the bad quality of the food, the lower classes are greatly infested with worms, a draught of salt and water is a popular and efficacious anthelmintic. Lord Somerville, in his Address to the Board of Agriculture, gave an interesting account of the effects of a punishment which formerly existed in Holland. "The ancient laws of the country ordained men to be kept on bread alone, unmixed with salt, as the severest punishment that could ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, - Issue 572, October 20, 1832 • Various



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