a drug or other agent used to kill worms, esp. intestinal worms
Word origin
vermi- + -cide
vermicide in American English
(ˈvɜːrməˌsaid)
noun
a substance or agent used to kill worms, esp. a drug used to kill parasitic intestinalworms
Derived forms
vermicidal
adjective
Word origin
[1840–50; vermi- + -cide]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: creationism, organizer, pylon, sensationalism, set piece-cide is a learned borrowing from Latin meaning “killer,” “act of killing,” used in theformation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -cide include: homicide, pesticide