a. and sb. Med. [mod. f. ANTH- + Gr. ἕλμινθ- (ἕλμινς) a worm + -IC.]

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  A.  adj. Of use against intestinal worms.

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1684.  trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., X. 365. All bitter things are Anthelminthick.

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1830.  Lindley, Nat. Syst. Bot., 96. The Cochin-chinese consider that plant [Ficus septica] caustic and anthelmintic.

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  B.  sb. An anthelmintic medicine.

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1706.  Phillips, Anthelminticks, Medicines that destroy Worms in Humane Bodies.

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1876.  Harley, Mat. Med., 407. Turpentine is chiefly employed internally as an anthelmintic.

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