vermiciden.
/ˈvəːmᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈvərməˌsaɪd/ Medicine.
A medicine for killing intestinal worms; an anthelmintic, a vermifuge.
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scolecobrotic1661
anthelmintic1684
helminthagogue1704
vermifuge1718
taenifuge1844
vermicide1849
taenicide1857
oxyuricide1864
oxyurifuge1881
ficin1930
niclosamide1962
praziquantel1975
1849 tr. Pereira's Mat. Med. & Therap. (ed. 3) 230 Anthelmintics are of two kinds:—Some act obnoxiously on intestinal worms—destroying or injuring them... These are..the vermicides of some authors.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. ii. 452 Vermicides are remedies which kill as well as expel worms.
1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) vi. 228 Sandwith finds thymol by far the most efficient vermicide in cases of anchylostomiasis.
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