vermifuge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
    anthelmintic; anthelminthic; helminthic.

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Ver"mi*fuge noun
Etymology
Cf. F. vermifuge. See Vermifugal.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.

Webster 1913