antimalarial drug
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈmæləriəl drʌg/
- Specialized
:
medicamento antipalúdico
- Doctors often prescribe antimalarial drugs to travelers visiting areas where malaria is common.
- intravenous antimalarial drugs
- receipt of antimalarial drugs
Examples
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Patients diagnosed with malaria must start taking antimalarial drugs as soon as possible for effective treatment.
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With wider use of antimalarial drugs, the malaria parasite also began to change.
Academic text (1992) -
Details of the recent malaria episode were obtained from the hospital records or from the case forms of the prospective antimalarial drug trial.
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On the basis of this map, antimalarial drugs and antibacterial drugs were distributed to the population.
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Between the two world wars, the Germans developed an antimalarial drug, pamaquine, and put it to use during World War II.
Academic text (1992) -
Our results suggest that 14 days of follow-up is inadequate for the assessment of the effectiveness of antimalarial drugs.
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P. ovale seems to remain sensitive to chloroquine and other antimalarial drugs.
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After the Japanese surrendered in September 1945, the Army continued to investigate promising antimalarial drugs.
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The basis for malaria control throughout sub-Saharan Africa is appropriate case management, focusing on prompt treatment with effective antimalarial drugs.
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As African countries are reassessing their antimalarial drug policies, no clear alternative to chloroquine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria has emerged.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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7.5
A medicine a doctor gives to prevent or treat malaria
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7.4
A medicine from the sweet wormwood plant used to treat malaria
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7.7
A medicine that prevents and treats malaria when other medicines do not work
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9.7
A medicine used to treat infections caused by parasites such as malaria and toxoplasmosis
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9.9
A medicine that treats worm infections and was used for malaria
A medicine that prevents or treats malaria
A medicine that treats and prevents malaria by killing parasites in the liver
A medicine used to prevent or treat malaria that can cause serious brain side effects
A man-made drug used to treat malaria that comes back
A natural substance from the bark of cinchona trees once used to treat malaria
A drug once used to treat malaria and now used for some worm infections
A drug that treats or prevents infections caused by tiny one-celled parasites like those that cause malaria
A medicine that treats diseases caused by tiny parasites, for example malaria
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'antimalarial' (against or for malaria) combined with 'drug' (a medicinal chemical) yields a medicine for preventing or treating malaria. This is a transparent, descriptive noun phrase following productive morphological and compounding patterns that are cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The word antimalarial drug literally means a medicine that fights malaria: anti means 'against' and malarial refers to the disease 'malaria'. So an antimalarial drug is a medicine used to prevent or treat malaria, the illness spread by mosquitoes.