parasiticidal

1. 1.

   capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

   Synonymsanthelminticanthelminthichelminthic

   Similarhealthful

Questions about parasiticidal

What does parasiticidal mean?

parasiticidal means "capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms".

How many syllables are in parasiticidal?

parasiticidal has 6 syllables: pa-ra-si-ti-ci-dal. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for parasiticidal?

Close synonyms include anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic. 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 parasiticidal a common word?

parasiticidal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.