Usually means: Remove parasitic worms from organism.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word deworm:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. deworm: Merriam-Webster
  2. deworm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deworm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deworm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deworm: Wordnik
  6. deworm: Wiktionary
  7. deworm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. deworm: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. deworm: Dictionary.com
  10. deworm: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. deworm: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See dewormer as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deworm)

▸ verb:  To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.

Similar:
worm, scour, deweed, dehelminthize, egest, depurinate, detoxicate, dewool, purge, eliminate, more...

Opposite:
infest, infect, contaminate

Types:
tapeworm, fluke, roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, whipworm, more...

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Similar:
worm, scour, deweed, dehelminthize, egest, depurinate, detoxicate, dewool, purge, eliminate, more...

Opposite:
infest, infect, contaminate

Types:
tapeworm, fluke, roundworm, pinworm, hookworm, whipworm, more...



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