vermifuge

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In India they give internally 6-12 grams as a vermifuge, and for dyspepsia with "heartburn The flowers are diuretic according to Endlicher; the bark is astringent; the leaves and the seeds are purgative, the latter yielding an oil which they use in India to stimulate the growth of the hair.

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  1. noun A medicine that expels intestinal worms.
  2. adjective Causing expulsion of intestinal worms; anthelmintic.

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  • The plant is used against headache, throbbing pain, neuralgia, stabbing violent pain, vermifuge, congestion and as an expeller of intestinal worms. —  Find Me A Cure
  • The nut is used internally in asthm, after having been steeped in butter-milk, and is also given as vermifuge., debility and in leprous, scrofulous and venereal affections. —  Find Me A Cure
  • The next day administer a vermifuge, of which the best and pleasantest is santonine_. —  The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
  • The roots when prepared are used as a vermifuge. —  The Boy Hunters
  • In addition to being a vermifuge, it is an alterative and tonic that should be given pigs and hogs which do not thrive properly. —  The Veterinarian
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  1. from French vermifuge = Spanish vermifugo = Portuguese Italian rermifugo, expelling worms, from Latin vermis, worm, + fugare, put to flight, expel, from fugire, flee.
 

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/ˈvərmɪfjudʒ/
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