What does anthelmintic mean?

Definitions for anthelmintic
ˌænt hɛlˈmɪn tɪk, ˌæn θɛl-an·thelmintic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthicadjective

    a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms

  2. anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidaladjective

    capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

Wiktionary

  1. anthelminticnoun

    A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.

  2. anthelminticadjective

    Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.

    Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.

Wikipedia

  1. Anthelmintic

    Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host. They may also be called vermifuges (those that stun) or vermicides (those that kill). Anthelmintics are used to treat people who are infected by helminths, a condition called helminthiasis. These drugs are also used to treat infected animals. Pills containing anthelmintics are used in mass deworming campaigns of school-aged children in many developing countries. The drugs of choice for soil-transmitted helminths are mebendazole and albendazole; for schistosomiasis and tapeworms it is praziquantel.

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  1. anthelmintic

    Anthelmintic refers to a type of drug or medication that is used to expel or destroy parasitic worms, like tapeworms, roundworms, and flukes, in the body, especially in the intestines. It is commonly used in both humans and animals to prevent and treat worm infestations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Anthelminticadjective

    good against intestinal worms

  2. Anthelminticnoun

    an anthelmintic remedy

Wikidata

  1. Anthelmintic

    Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are drugs that expel parasitic worms from the body, by either stunning or killing them. They may also be called vermifuges or vermicides.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Anthelmintic

    an-thel-mint′ik, adj. destroying or expelling worms. [Gr. anti, against, and helmins, helminthos, a worm.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of anthelmintic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of anthelmintic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of anthelmintic in a Sentence

  1. Simone Pika:

    Self-medication — where individuals use plant parts or non-nutritional substances to combat pathogens or parasites — has been observed across multiple animal species including insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, current Biology.Bears two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, for instance, swallow leaves of plants with anthelmintic( antiparasitic) properties and chew bitter leaves that have chemical properties to kill intestinal parasites.

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