Vermifuge

Definition: Vermifuge

Vermifuge

Noun

1. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms.

Etymology: Vermifuge \Ver"mi*fuge\, noun. [Compare to the French expression vermifuge. See Vermifugal.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Vermifuge

Domain	Definitions
Botanical	A substance for expelling worms. Allium, Aloe, Andira, Annona, Artemisia, Asclepias, Bocconia, Calotropis, Carapa, Carica, Cassia, Cedrela, Chenopodium, Cocos, Couma, Cucurbita, Dialyanthera, Ficus, Hippomane, Hura, Lagenaria, Lantana, Lippia, Luffa, Mammea, Mangifera, Melia, Mirabilis, Momordica, Mucuna, Panicum, Persea, Petiveria, Philodendron, Philoxerus, Phytolacca, Pteridium, Punica, Quisqualis, Spigelia, Tamarindus, Terminalia, Urena, Vernonia. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Vermifuge

Synonyms: anthelminthic (n), anthelmintic (n), helminthic (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Vermifuge

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Remedy	Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Vermifuge

English words defined with "vermifuge": Andira inermis ♦ cabbage bark, cabbage tree, cabbage-bark tree, cowage, Cowhage ♦ Helminthagogue ♦ Kousso ♦ lavender cotton ♦ piperazine, Prickmadam ♦ quassia ♦ Worm grass. (references)

Specialty definitions using "vermifuge": Arecoline ♦ COUROUPITA ♦ FICUS CITRIFOLIA ♦ MUCUNA PRURIENS, MUELLERA MONILIFORMIS ♦ SPIGELIA ANTHELMIA. (references)

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Photo Album: Vermifuge

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Ghost Story! : Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge. / R.W. Buss. The Major & Knapp Lith. Co. N.Y.Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vermifuge

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
vermifuge	12
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Modern Translations: Vermifuge

Language		Translations for "vermifuge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Bulgarian		противоглистно средство (helminthic). (various references)

Danish		ormefordrivende middel. (various references)

Dutch		wormmiddel (anthelmintic, helminthicide). (various references)

Finnish		matolääke. (various references)

French		vermifuge. (various references)

German		Wurmmittel (vermifuges). (various references)

Greek		αντισκωληκικό φάρμακο, ανθελμινθικό. (various references)

Indonesian		obat cacing (vermicide). (various references)

Italian		vermifugo (vermicide). (various references)

Manx		nieu-vartlhan (vermicide), beishteig-phurgaid. (various references)

Pig Latin		ermifugevay

Portuguese		vermífugo. (various references)

Romanian		vermifug (anthelmintic, worm-powder). (various references)

Russian		глистогонное средство (anthelmintic, helminthic). (various references)

Spanish		vermífugo (anthelmintic). (various references)

Turkish		solucan ilacı (vermicide). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Vermifuge

Derivations
	Words beginning with "vermifuge": vermifuges. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Vermifuge"

Words rhyming with "vermifuge" (pronounced 'Ver"mi*fuge'): Febrifuge, lactifuge, subterfuge. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Vermifuge

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-i-m-r-u-v"
	-3 letters: emigre, figure, fumier, grieve, refuge, regime, regive.
	-4 letters: femur, fermi, fever, fiver, fumer, giver, grief, grime, grume, merge, reive, revue, vegie, verge.
	-5 letters: eger, emeu, emir, ever, feme, fere, fire, firm, five, free, frig, frug, fume, germ, geum, give, gree, grim, grue, grum, mere, mire, mure, reef, reif, rife, rime, rive, urge, veer, vier.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-f-g-i-m-r-u-v"
	+1 letter: vermifuges.
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