Definition of antimalarial Antimalarial
an•ti•ma•lar•i•al
We found 5 definitions of antimalarial from 4 different sources.
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What does antimalarial mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: antimalarials |
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| antimalarial - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | ||
| antimalarial drug | ||
| antiprotozoal, 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- antimalarial (Noun)
agent that prevents or counteracts malaria. - antimalarial (Adjective)
Preventing or counteracting malaria.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- antimalarial (a.)
Good against malaria.
Part of speech
🔤- antimalarial, noun, singular of antimalarials.
