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  • noun Medicine used in deworming an animal.

Etymologies

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deworm +‎ -er

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Examples

  •  The stuff at the home and farm supply store was sheep dewormer.

    Black Orchids 2010

  • Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson both used mercury as part of their medical regimen, and early in the twentieth century, it was given to children as a dewormer; it was also sometimes used in infants 'teething powders.

    Kate Kelly: The Politics of Mercury and Your Teeth 2009

  • Anyway the vet said that it is fleas most likely that caused the bald spot on her back, and so the vet gave her advantage treatment, and some to take home for the other cats, as well, dewormer for all 3 because fleas can cause tapeworm.

    dailycomic Diary Entry dailycomic 2008

  • But with the help of a good vet who gave them a very strong dewormer and prescribed organic baby food, they started to get stronger.

    Catgirls, postcards, masturbation and the future. Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • Wormseed Chenopodium ambrosiodes is, according to Jim Duke,* widely used in the tropics as a dewormer.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • The juice extracted from the leaves is used as dewormer (1 to 2 kg of leaves) and to treat Newcastle Disease in poultry.

    Chapter 9 1992

  • For bioat, constipation and as dewormer the juice/oil from meat of the mature coconut (200 to 350 ml. 2 times a day for 2 days) is mixed with the feed of the animal.

    Chapter 9 1992

  • The juice extract from 1/2 to 1 kg of the leaves is orally given to the animal as dewormer.

    Chapter 9 1992

  • The extracted juice is also effective extemally to cure wounds and internally as dewormer.

    Chapter 9 1992

  • Young betelnuts are used as dewormer, especially against tapeworm and roundworm.

    Chapter 9 1992

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