Meaning antimalarial
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antimalarialA drug directed against malaria. The original antimalarial agent was quinine which took its name from the Peruvian Indian word "kina" meaning "bark of the tree." A large and complex molecule, quinine is the most important alkaloid found in cinchona bark. Until World War I, it was the only effective treatment for malaria. In fact [..]
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antimalarial(n) a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
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antimalarialpreventing or relieving malaria
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antimalariala medication that prevents or treats the symptoms of malaria
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antimalarial1. Preventing or curing malaria. 2. A chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits or destroys malarial parasites. (05 Mar 2000)
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