deworming
noun, verb
deworming is a noun meaning “The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-E-W-O-R-M-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of deworming is dewormings.
What does deworming mean?
noun
- 1
The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
The vet recommended regular dewormings.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of deworm
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of deworming
- dewormings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is deworming?
Deworming appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 124,184th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Deworming in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense elimination of parasitic worms:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entwurmung |
| Portuguese | desparasitação |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.