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vermifuge

ver·mi·fuge
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [vur-muh-fyooj]
    • /ˈvɜr məˌfyudʒ/
    • /ˈvɜːmɪfjuːʤ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [vur-muh-fyooj]
    • /ˈvɜr məˌfyudʒ/

Definitions of vermifuge word

  • adjective vermifuge serving to expel worms or other animal parasites from the intestines, as a medicine. 1
  • noun vermifuge a vermifuge medicine or agent. 1
  • noun vermifuge any drug or agent able to destroy or expel intestinal worms; an anthelmintic 0
  • adjective vermifuge serving to expel worms and other parasites from the intestinal tract 0
  • noun vermifuge a vermifuge drug 0
  • noun vermifuge A vermifuge is any drug or agent that is used to destroy or expel worms in the intestine. 0
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Origin of vermifuge

First appearance:

before 1690
One of the 49% oldest English words
First recorded in 1690-1700; vermi- + -fuge

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Parts of speech for Vermifuge

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Vermifuge

vermifuge popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 65% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

vermifuge usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with vermifuge

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Related words

  • -fuge

    indicating an agent or substance that expels or drives away

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    an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.

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    a colorless, flammable, volatile essential oil having a penetrating odor and a pungent, bitter taste, obtained from turpentine oleoresin by distillation: used in paints and varnishes, and in medicine as a carminative, vermifuge, expectorant, rubefacient, and, formerly, as a diuretic.

  • phenothiazine

    Chemistry. a grayish-green to greenish-yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 2 H 9 NS, used chiefly as an insecticide and vermifuge, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.

  • pinkroot

    the root of any of various plants belonging to the genus Spigelia, of the logania family, especially that of S. marilandica of the U.S., that is used as a vermifuge.

  • santonica

    the dried flower heads of any of several species of wormwood, belonging to the genus Artemisia, used as a vermifuge.
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