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bephenium.

An anthelmintic agent formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. An anthelmintic agent formerly used in the treatment of hookworm infections and ascariasis.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English benzyl English phenoxy Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English bephenium From be(nzyl) + phen(oxy) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

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