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vermifuge

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9 lettersPart of speech nounSorted eefgimruvStarts with VEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge.

Used in a sentence

  • [...]; that the fruit is very good eating, either raw or boiled, and that the seeds, distinguished by a mustard-like pungency, are an efficacious vermifuge for children.

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