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anthelmintic [ant″hel-min´tik] 1. destructive to parasitic worms; called also antihelmintic and vermifugal.2. an agent destructive to worms; examples include piperazine and hexylresorcinol for the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides;quinacrine for tapeworms; oxytetracycline and emetine for protozoan infections such as amebic dysentery; and mebendazole for several different intestinal worms. Many anthelmintic drugs are toxic and should be given with care; the toxic effects of a specific drug should be known prior to administration and the patient observed carefully for such effects after the drug is given. Called also vermicide, and vermifugeanthelmintic, anthelminthic, antihelmintic (ant?hel-min'tik) (-thik) (ant?i-) [ anti- + helminthic] 1. Purging or destroying parasitic worms.2. An agent that purges or destroys parasitic worms. Synonym: vermicide Synonym: helminthagogue |