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an·ti·ma·lar·i·al
(ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, ăn′tī-)adj.
Preventing or treating malaria.
n.
A drug used to prevent or treat malaria.
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antimalarial
(ˌæntɪməˈlɛərɪəl)adj
(Medicine) effective in the treatment of malaria
n
(Pharmacology) an antimalarial drug or agent
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| Noun | 1. |  antimalarial - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malariaantiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug - a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa chloroquine - an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus Larium, mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride, Mephaquine - 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 |
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antipaludéenantipaludique
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antimalarial
adj antipalúdico, contra la malaria or el paludismo; n antipalúdico, medicamento para la malariaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.