helminthic

1. 1.

   capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

   Synonymsanthelminticanthelminthicparasiticidal

   Similarhealthful

Other forms of helminthic

plural

helminthics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about helminthic

What does helminthic mean?

helminthic means "a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in helminthic?

helminthic has 3 syllables: hel-min-thic. The stress falls on "min".

What is another word for helminthic?

Close synonyms include vermifuge, anthelmintic, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, anthelminthic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is helminthic a common word?

helminthic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.