anthelmintic
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prettygoodwordanthelmintic (ant-hel-MIN-tik, an-thel-MIN-tik) - adj., (med.) expelling or destroying parasitic intestinal worms. n., such a substance.
Wikipedia has a list for that. The -th- pronunciation is probably more common but goes against the etymology, as this was built in the 17th century out of ant(i)- + helminth, parasitic worm (from the stem of Greek helmins) + -ic.
---L.
Wikipedia has a list for that. The -th- pronunciation is probably more common but goes against the etymology, as this was built in the 17th century out of ant(i)- + helminth, parasitic worm (from the stem of Greek helmins) + -ic.
---L.
