noun🔗ShareA drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body."The veterinarian prescribed an anthelmintic for the puppy to get rid of his worms. "medicinebiologydiseaseanimalorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(pharmaceutical effect) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms."Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties."medicineanimalbiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading