Taenifuge definition
A medicine to expel tapeworms from a body.
Pumpkin seeds have been used as a taenifuge, and the component that drives the worms out may be bitter resin.
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taenifuge
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taenifugesOrigin of taenifuge
- From the Ancient Greek ταινία (tainia, “band, ribbon”) and fugo (“flee”) (from φεύγειν (phugein, “to flee”), related to φεύγω (pheugō, “I flee”).
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