deworm

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

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Verb

deworm (third-person singular simple present deworms, present participle deworming, simple past and past participle dewormed)

1. To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.

   Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?

Derived terms

• dewormer

Translations

to cause to excrete worms

• Finnish: madottaa (fi)
• French: vermifuger (fr), déparasiter (fr) (generic)
• German: entwurmen (de)
• Italian: sverminare
• Portuguese: desparasitar
• Spanish: desparasitar (es)

Anagrams

• wormed