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VERMICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vermicide mean?
• VERMICIDE (noun)
The noun VERMICIDE has 1 sense:
1. an agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)
Familiarity information: VERMICIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agent that kills worms (especially those in the intestines)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vermicide" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)
Context examples
A nontoxic laxative vermicide of chlorinated phenol compound.
(Dichlorophen, NCI Thesaurus)
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