taeniacide

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noun

Any substance that kills tapeworms

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nountaeniacide (plural taeniacides)

plural taeniacides · alternative obsolete tænicide · alternative taenicide · alternative teniacide · alternative tenicide

  1. Any substance that kills tapeworms

Origin

  1. Englishtaenia
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  4. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  5. Latincaedō
  6. Englishtaeniacide

From taenia + -cide.

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Translations

Icelandic bandormaeyðir
  • bandormaeyðirsubstance that kills tapeworms
Polish środek tasiemcobójczy
  • środek tasiemcobójczysubstance that kills tapeworms
Cite this entry
APA

taeniacide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taeniacide

MLA

“taeniacide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taeniacide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taeniacide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taeniacide.

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