hel minthagogue

[Pref. helminth-, and Gr. agogos leading, guiding; agō =to lead.] Pharm .: A medicine to expel worms; an anthelmintic. hěl-minth-I-a ( pl. hel-minth-1-æ), s. [Pref. helminth-; Lat. fem. sing. or neut. pl. suff. -ia. ] 1. Bot . (sing.): A genus of Composites, tribe Cichoracese, sub-tribe Scorzonereæ. Helminth i a echioides, the Ox-eye. [Ox-EYE.] The leaves of H. echioides, boiled and pickled, are eaten in Greece. 2. Zool . ( pl .): Helminth iæ. A name given to the cla Entozoa.