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antimalarial

DEFINITIONS OF: antimalarial

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n a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

Synonyms:
antimalarial drug
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chloroquine
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
Larium, Mephaquine, mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride
an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people
primaquine
synthetic antimalarial drug
Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride
a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria
quinine
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
Type of:
antiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug
a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa
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