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Definition of Anthelminthic
1. Noun. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms.
Specialized synonyms: Mebendazole, Piperazine, Atabrine, Mepacrine, Quinacrine, Quinacrine Hydrochloride, Carbon Dichloride, Ethylene Tetrachloride, Tetrachlorethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, Thiabendazole, Crystal Violet, Gentian Violet
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Derivative terms: Anthelmintic, Helminthic
2. Adjective. Capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms.
Similar to: Healthful
Derivative terms: Anthelmintic, Helminthic
Definition of Anthelminthic
1. Adjective. Of use against intestinal worms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Anthelminthic
1. Describes a compound that kills or expells parasitic intestinal worms (helminths). (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthelminthic
Literary usage of Anthelminthic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1897)
"When unripe it is regarded as an anthelminthic and purgative. The dose is about
the half of the pulp ... As anthelminthic it is also much used for cattle. ..."
2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"This powder forms the Kamala of commerce, and is in great repute {is an anthelminthic,
but is most extensively used as a dye. The adulterations are chiefly ..."
3. Scientific Papers and Addresses by George Rolleston, Sir Edward Burnett Tylor, William Turner (1884)
"It is possible to speculate as to the virtues of salt as an anthelminthic, and
to suggest that it may act either by enabling a better gastric juice to be ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1854)
"The oil of savine, though not in use as an anthelminthic, is acknowledged to
possess that property. Nothing analogous to the alleged utility of oil of ..."
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