Vermifuge

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vermifuge \Ver"mi*fuge\, n. [Cf. F. vermifuge. See
     {Vermifugal}.] (Med.)
     A medicine or substance that expels worms from animal bodies;
     an anthelmintic.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermifuge
       n : a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic
           intestinal worms [syn: {anthelmintic}, {anthelminthic}, {helminthic}]