anthelmintic
anthelmintic
Definition
ant·hel·min·tic (ant′hel min′tik, an′t̸hel-)
adjective
killing or ejecting intestinal worms
Etymology: ant(i)- + Gr helmins (gen. helminthos), worm + -ic
noun
an anthelmintic medicine
anthelmintic
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- administer: A white oral suspension of fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for domestic dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.
- purchase: It is a known fact that a significant percentage of anthelmintics purchased from merchants are used wrongly or unnecessarily.
- use: Standard treatment methods use anthelmintics to kill parasites carried by the sheep.
Preposition: for
- treatment: Uses A broad spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment and control of adult and immature roundworms of the gastro-intestinal tract in horses and other equines.
- dog: A white oral suspension of fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for domestic dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.
- horse: A 10 % suspension of Fenbendazole as a ready to administer oral anthelmintic for horses.
Adjective modifier
- oral: Occasional treatments with an oral anthelmintic may be used only where these methods fail to control the problem.
- broad: In recent years farmers have come to rely on the current very effective broad spectrum anthelmintics which are relatively cheap and easy to administer.
- effective: In recent years farmers have come to rely on the current very effective broad spectrum anthelmintics which are relatively cheap and easy to administer.
Modifies a noun
- resistance: Suspected multiple anthelmintic resistance in Boer goats from Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
- usage: It is quite common for a veterinary surgeon to discuss anthelmintic usage with a farm client over 10 to 15 minutes, for example.
- treatment: Foremost among the required measures for conserving our current drugs is to reduce our reliance upon frequent anthelmintic treatments.
- drug: Conventional treatment for this problem is to dose infected animals with anthelmintic drugs.
- program: This contrast highlights the need for an effective anthelmintic program to aid the health status of animals.
- class: The intention to rotate between anthelmintic classes should not be allowed to take precedence over other more important decisions about selection of anthelmintics.
Noun used with modifier
- broad-spectrum: Uses A broad-spectrum anthelmintic for the treatment and control of adult and immature roundworms of the gastro-intestinal tract in horses and other equines.
- spectrum: In recent years farmers have come to rely on the current very effective broad spectrum anthelmintics which are relatively cheap and easy to administer.
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