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单词 anthelmintic
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anthelminticn.adj.

Brit. /ˌanθɛlˈmɪntɪk/, U.S. /ˌænˌθɛlˈmɪntɪk/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s anthelminthick, 1700s anthelmintick, 1700s– anthelminthic, 1700s– anthelmintic.

β. 1700s– antihelmintic, 1800s– antihelminthic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin anthelminthica; Latin anthelminthicus.
Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin anthelminthica (plural), use as noun of neuter plural of anthelminthicus (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin anthelminthicus (also anthelminticus) (chiefly in anthelminthica , plural noun (1678 or earlier)) < ant- , variant before h of anti- anti- prefix + ancient Greek ἕλμινθ- , ἕλμινς intestinal worm (see helminth n.) + -icus -ic suffix. Compare French anthelminthique, anthelmintique (1729 or earlier as adjective, 1738 or earlier as noun).With β. forms compare post-classical Latin antihelminthicus (1690 or earlier as antihelminthica, neuter plural noun).
Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
A. n.
A medicinal agent used to kill or expel parasitic worms, esp. intestinal worms.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [noun] > vermifuge or anthelminthic
scolecobrotic1661
anthelmintic1684
helminthagogue1704
vermifuge1718
taenifuge1844
vermicide1849
taenicide1857
oxyuricide1864
oxyurifuge1881
ficin1930
niclosamide1962
praziquantel1975
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician 365/2 Anthelminthicks [L. Anthelminthica] doe their work chiefly..By killing the Worms.
1754 Philos. Trans. 1753 (Royal Soc.) 48 189 I have reason to imagine, from the effects, which this water had on some earth-worms, that it is a very powerful anthelminthic, if cautiously given.
1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. iii. iv. 387 An anthelmintic is any thing that will destroy worms, and animalculous vermin.
1825 W. T. Brande Man. Pharmacy 166 The Root of the Spigelia Marilandica, or Indian Pink.—In doses of from twenty to sixty grains, the powder of this root has been administered as an anthelmintic.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 407 Turpentine is chiefly employed internally as an anthelmintic.
1926 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 45 260 Hall's recent discovery of carbon tetrachloride as an antihelminthic has been especially stressed.
1987 E. W. Burr Compan. Bird Med. xxii. 136/1 New arrivals should be isolated and dewormed before introduction into an aviary. Routine treatment with anthelmintics reduces infection.
2008 Nature 13 Mar. 157/1 No new class of anthelmintics has reached the market in the past 25 years (with the exception of the cyclodepsipeptides, which are currently restricted to use in cats).
B. adj.
Used to kill or expel parasitic worms, esp. intestinal worms; of or relating to this function.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > remedies for parasitic infections > [adjective] > vermifuge or anthelminthic
anthelmintic1684
vermifuge1697
vermifugous1726
vermifugal1830
taenifuge1844
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician x. 365 All bitter things are Anthelminthick [L. anthelminthica].
1726 R. Towne Treat. Dis. W.-Indies 182 During the Extraction of the [Guinea] Worm, the Patient should be plyed with bitter Aloetick and other Anthelmintick Medicines, in order to dislodge the Worm the sooner from his Tenement.
1762 C. Bisset Ess. Med. Constit. Great Brit. ix. 333 The antihelmintic virtue of this plant [sc. bear's-foot] is well known to the vulgar.
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 96 The Cochin-chinese consider that plant [sc. Ficus septica] caustic and anthelmintic.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 188 Their bitter anthelminthic oil.
1930 B. H. Robbins in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 87 252 The name ficin..has been given by us to this purified protein powder containing the active anthelmintic principle.
1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) ix. 165/2 Adequate nutrition and, if necessary, anthelmintic treatment should be provided, especially for sheep.
2010 Farmers Weekly 26 Mar. 35/1 Because Zolvix manages worm burdens and kills worms resistant to other anthelmintic groups, it will improve the sustainability of other drench families.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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