Anthelmintic vs Febantel - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between anthelmintic and febantel

is that anthelmintic is (medicine) a drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body while febantel is a certain anthelmintic drug.

As an adjective anthelmintic

is (medicine) destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.

anthelmintic

English

(wikipedia anthelmintic)

Alternative forms

* antihelminthic

Adjective

(en adjective)

(medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.

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

* 1911 , ,

The parasites thrive in an environment of dirt, and the main lines of precaution are those dictated by sanitary science. Malefern, santonine, thymol and other anthelmintic remedies are prescribed.

* 1918 , , Abstracts of Bacteriology , Volume 2, page 262,

However, the lighter boiling constituents of tne oil are much less irritating and at the same time they are apparently more anthelmintic than the heavier fraction.

* 1919 , Experiment Station Record , Volume 39, page 586,

Our experiments indicate that this constituent is anthelmintic' and also a gastrointestinal irritant, while the lighter portion of the oil is apparently even more ' anthelmintic and much less irritating.

Noun

(en noun)

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

* 1911 , :

The bark of the root is likewise valued as an anthelmintic in cases of tape-worm.

* 2010 , Graham R. Duncanson, Veterinary Treatment for Working Equines , page 42:

Rather than give a long list of the anthelmintics available, I will describe the helminths that cause problems and then suggest methods of control.