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Antimalarial

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antimalarial drugnouna medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

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antimalarial drugnouna medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
primaquinenoun(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from quinoline, used as a medication in the treatment of malaria and pneumocystis pneumonia.
malarianoun(pathology) A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
chloroquinenoun(pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
hydroxychloroquinenoun(pharmacology) A drug derived from quinolone that is taken orally in the form of its sulfate C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃O·H₂SO₄ to treat malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus erythematosus.
pyrimethaminenoun(pharmacology) A synthetic compound derived from pyrimidine, acting as a folic acid antagonist and used in the chemoprophylaxis or treatment of malaria and in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
artemisininnoun(organic chemistry, pharmacology) An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, Artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone - C₁₅H₂₂O₅.
quinacrinenounA drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O.
antiinfectivenounA drug that prevents or counteracts infection.
antihypertensive(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
antimicrobial(pharmacology) Tending to destroy or capable of destroying microbes.
antidepressantnoun(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
antipathogennoun(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antiparasitic(medicine) That counters infection by parasites
anti-inflammatorynoun(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting inflammation.
antileukemic(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
antimitotic(pharmacology, cytology) Preventing or disrupting mitosis.
antimiasmaticnounCounteracting a miasma.
counteragentnounAn agent having the opposite effect; an antidote.
antimycoticnounAn antimycotic agent, especially a medication.

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