vermifugaladj.
/vəˈmɪfjʊɡəl/ Medicine.
= vermifuge adj.
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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
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 8 The seeds of Delphinium Staphisagria are vermifugal and caustic.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 447 Especially in the case of the seat-worm the vermifugal enemata should be medicated.
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