VERM'IFUGE, noun [Latin vermis, a worm, and fugo, to expel.] A medicine or substance that destroys or expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
VERM'IFUGE, noun [Latin vermis, a worm, and fugo, to expel.] A medicine or substance that destroys or expels worms from animal bodies; an anthelmintic.
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