deworm.
To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
Meaning & usage
To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm English deworm From de- + worm.
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