ANTHELMINTHIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthelminthic mean? 

• ANTHELMINTHIC (noun)
  The noun ANTHELMINTHIC has 1 sense:

1. a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms

  Familiarity information: ANTHELMINTHIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTHELMINTHIC (adjective)
  The adjective ANTHELMINTHIC has 1 sense:

1. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

  Familiarity information: ANTHELMINTHIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHELMINTHIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

anthelminthic; anthelmintic; helminthic; vermifuge

Hypernyms ("anthelminthic" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anthelminthic"):

mebendazole (an anthelmintic used to treat hookworm and pinworm and roundworm infestations)

piperazine (vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms)

Atabrine; mepacrine; quinacrine; quinacrine hydrochloride (a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria)

carbon dichloride; ethylene tetrachloride; tetrachlorethylene; tetrachloroethylene (anthelmintic agent used against hookworm and other nematodes)

thiabendazole (an antifungal agent and anthelmintic)

crystal violet; gentian violet (a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment)

Derivation:

anthelminthic (capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms)

• ANTHELMINTHIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

Synonyms:

anthelminthic; anthelmintic; helminthic; parasiticidal

Similar:

healthful (conducive to good health of body or mind)

Derivation:

anthelminthic (a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms)

 Context examples 

The citrate salt of piperazine, a cyclic amine with anthelminthic property.

(Piperazine Citrate, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of the synthetic imidazothiazole derivative levamisole with anthelminthic and immunomodulating activities.

(Levamisole Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The chloride salt of a white crystalline bitter alkaloid isolated from the root of the plant Psychotria Ipecacuanha (ipecac root) and other plants with antiemetic and anthelminthic properties.

(Emetine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)