vermifugus

== Latin == === Etymology === From vermis (“worm”) + fugō (“to expel, put to flight, chase”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛrˈmɪ.fʊ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈmiː.fu.ɡus] === Adjective === vermifugus (feminine vermifuga, neuter vermifugum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin, pharmacology) worm-expelling, anthelmintic, destructive to parasitic intestinal worms ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: vermifuge English: vermifugous Portuguese: vermífugo Spanish: vermífugo Italian: vermifugo