We found 1 definitions of antimalarial drug from 1 different sources.
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antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria | ||
antimalarial | ||
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 |