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Noun: vermifuge  'vur-mi,fyooj
  1. A medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms
    "The child was given a vermifuge to expel the roundworms";
    - anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic

Derived forms: vermifuges

Type of: med [informal], medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine

Encyclopedia: Vermifuge