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s | anthelmintic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective anthelmintic is

(medicine) destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.

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.

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Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

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    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.