Anthelmintic vs Vermifugal - What's the difference?
anthelmintic | vermifugal |
(medicine) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
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(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.
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(medicine) Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
(Webster 1913)
In medicine|lang=en terms the difference between anthelmintic and vermifugal
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 vermifugal is (medicine) tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.As adjectives the difference between anthelmintic and vermifugal
is that anthelmintic is (medicine) destructive to parasitic intestinal worms while vermifugal is (medicine) tending to prevent, destroy, or expel worms or vermin; anthelmintic.As a noun 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.anthelmintic
English
(wikipedia anthelmintic)Alternative forms
* antihelminthicAdjective
(en adjective)- Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.
- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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)- The bark of the root is likewise valued as an anthelmintic in cases of tape-worm.
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- Rather than give a long list of the anthelmintics available, I will describe the helminths that cause problems and then suggest methods of control.