mebendazole
/mɛˈbɛndəˌzoʊl/
noun
- A medication used to treat infections caused by parasitic worms, such as pinworms and roundworms.
- Mebendazole works by preventing the worms from absorbing sugar, which causes them to die.
- After a two-week course of mebendazole, the patient's symptoms completely disappeared.
- The doctor prescribed mebendazole to clear up the child's pinworm infection.