Word Meanings - ANTHELMINTIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy.

WORMSEED
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant having small lanceolate leaves.
AGAINSTAND
To withstand.
AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in
INTESTINAL
Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments. Intestinal canal. Same as Intestine, n. -- Intestinal worm , any species of helminth living in the intestinal canal of any animal.
REMEDY
The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See under Civil. -- Remedy of the mint , a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; -- called also tolerance. Syn. -- Cure;
ANTHELMINTIC
Good against intestinal worms. -- An anthelmintic remedy.
GASTROINTESTINAL
Of or pertaining to the stomach and intestines; gastroenteric. (more info) Med.)
LIENO-INTESTINAL
Of or pertaining to the spleen and intestine; as, the lieno- intestinal vein of the frog.
SUBINTESTINAL
Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the intestine.