deworm

English

Etymology

de- +‎ worm

Verb

deworm (third-person singular simple present deworms, present participle deworming, simple past and past participle dewormed)

1. 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?

Translations

to cause to excrete worms

• Finnish: madottaa (fi)
• French: vermifuger (fr), déparasiter (fr) (generic)
• German: entwurmen (de)
• Portuguese: desparasitar
• Spanish: desparasitar (es)

Anagrams

• wormed