antiprotozoal drug

4.8

A medicine that treats diseases caused by tiny parasites, for example malaria

noun
/ˌæntiˌproʊtəˈzoʊəl drʌg/

Specialized

: medicamento antiprotozoario

The doctor prescribed an antiprotozoal drug for her malaria.

Examples

The development of a new antiprotozoal drug offers hope in the fight against malaria.
Doctors may prescribe an antiprotozoal drug to treat intestinal infections caused by protozoa.
Certain side effects are common when taking a powerful antiprotozoal drug.
Have you ever taken an antiprotozoal drug?
Doctors may prescribe an antiprotozoal drug to treat intestinal infections caused by protozoa.
The development of a new antiprotozoal drug offers hope in the fight against malaria.
Certain side effects are common when taking a powerful antiprotozoal drug.

Synonyms

antiprotozoal

vsantiprotozoal drug

Specialized

8.1

A drug that treats or prevents infections caused by tiny one-celled parasites like those that cause malaria

is the same meaning but expressed as a longer phrase including the word drug

How Effective

curative treatment

Specialized

3.8

antiprotozoal drug

Specialized

4.8

untreatable

Specialized

5 6.5

Surface Forms

antiprotozoal drug singular

antiprotozoal drugs plural

Morphology

antiprotozoal + drug

The phrase is fully compositional: 'antiprotozoal' means acting against protozoa and 'drug' means a medicinal chemical, so 'antiprotozoal drug' literally denotes a medicine used to treat protozoan infections. This follows regular English medical compounding patterns (e.g. 'antibacterial drug', 'antiviral drug') and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

Antiprotozoal drug comes from anti- meaning 'against', protozoal meaning 'protozoa', tiny single-celled germs, and drug meaning medicine. So it means a drug that fights those tiny germs and is used 'to treat diseases caused by protozoa'.