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vermifuge, a. and n. Med.|ˈvɜːmɪfjuːdʒ|
[a. F. vermifuge (= It., Sp., Pg. vermifugo), or ad. mod.L. type *vermifugus, f. L. vermi-s worm: see -fuge.]
A. adj. Causing or promoting the evacuation or expulsion of worms or other animal parasites from the intestines; anthelmintic.
In some instances perh. an attributive use of the n.
1697in Mem. Rokeby (Surtees) 58 Vermifuge pills, a box 3s. 4d. 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 54 Their vermifuge quality..justly intitles them to particular attention. 1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 468 The physician had suspected the presence of worms, and prescribed vermifuge medicines accordingly. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Sindhooka, Sinduya, vernacular names in India for the Vitex Negundo, the fruit of which is considered vermifuge. 1876J. S. Bristowe The. & Pract. Med. (1878) 711 The administration of vermifuge drugs.
B. n. A medicament or substance having the power or property of expelling worms from the intestines; an anthelmintic.
1718Quincy Compl. Disp. (1719) 110 It is used hardly in any other Intention in Medicine, than as a Vermifuge. 1763Phil. Trans. LIII. 14 Vermifuges of the most celebrated kind,..and such other medicines as tend..to carry off or destroy the worms, were assiduously administered. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 364 In the former [class of anthelmintics] we may rank..all the oleaginous vermifuges, as oil of olives, beech-nuts, castor, and turpentine [etc.]. 1843Youatt Horse xiii. (1847) 292 Arsenic was once in great repute as a tonic and vermifuge. 1871Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 404 Anthelmintics are employed for the following purposes:—..2. The indirect, or vermifuges, to expel any worms, living or dead. |