antimalarial
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈmæləriəl/
- Specialized
:
antimalárico
- These troops would develop full-blown attacks as soon as they returned and stopped taking their daily doses of the antimalarial.
- genetic antimalarials
Examples
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Many health organizations recommend antimalarial drugs for anyone planning to visit tropical areas affected by malaria.
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The great American effort to find antimalarials succeeded only at the very end of that war with the development of chloroquine and, later on, primaquine (first used during the Korean conflict).
Academic text (1992) -
Access to antimalarials is generally limited to medical facilities and is strictly controlled.
Academic text (2000) -
Half of the patients with severe falciparum malaria had been taking part in a randomised trial of antimalarials.
Academic text (1999) -
In a study on antimalarials in six African countries, 935 samples were tested in Minilabs and 305 samples in laboratories.
Academic text (2016) -
There was no significant difference between patients treated with mefloquine and those treated with other antimalarials in the time from parasite clearance or from the end of treatment to the onset of PMNS, or in the nature or duration of PMNS.
Academic text (1999) -
Doctors often prescribe antimalarial medications to travelers visiting regions where malaria is prevalent.
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Researchers are developing new antimalarials to combat drug-resistant strains of malaria.
Synonyms
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7.4
A medicine from the sweet wormwood plant used to treat malaria
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3.7
A medicine that prevents or treats malaria
A man-made drug used to treat malaria that comes back
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
A drug once used to treat malaria and now used for some worm infections
A drug that kills or removes parasites from people and animals
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word antimalarial has two parts: anti- meaning 'against' and malaria, which comes from old Italian mala aria meaning 'bad air'. So an antimalarial is a medicine that fights or prevents malaria.