noun
- A synthetic anthelmintic drug used to treat parasitic worm infections in humans and animals.
Usage: pharmaceutical; medical
Examples
- The veterinarian prescribed levamisole to eliminate the roundworms in the cattle.
- Levamisole is commonly used in developing countries to treat hookworm infections.
- The drug works by paralyzing the parasitic worms, allowing the body to expel them naturally.
- Levamisole has also been studied for its immunomodulatory properties in cancer treatment.
- The patient received a single dose of levamisole to treat the ascaris infection.