antiworm

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ worm.

Adjective

antiworm (not comparable)

  1. Preventing or countering worms.
    antiworm medicine
  2. Opposite to the usual movements or behaviour of a worm (in studies of predators and prey).
    an antiworm stimulus
  3. (computing) Countering or preventing worms (self-replicating programs).

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.