ANTIMALARIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antimalarial mean? 

• ANTIMALARIAL (noun)
  The noun ANTIMALARIAL has 1 sense:

1. a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

  Familiarity information: ANTIMALARIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIMALARIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antimalarial; antimalarial drug

Hypernyms ("antimalarial" is a kind of...):

antiprotozoal; antiprotozoal drug (a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoa)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antimalarial"):

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)

 Context examples 

A quassinoid phytochemical isolated from the plant Simaba guianensis with potential antineoplastic and antimalarial activities.

(Gutolactone, NCI Thesaurus)

The sulfate salt of chloroquine, a quinoline compound with antimalarial and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Chloroquine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

The phosphate salt of chloroquine, a quinoline compound with antimalarial and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Chloroquine Phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

A 4-aminoquinoline with immunosuppressive, antiautophagy, and antimalarial activities.

(Hydroxychloroquine, NCI Thesaurus)

A cationic dye with antifungal, antitrypanosomal, antimalarial, and carcinostatic activities.

(Hydroxystilbamidine, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of mefloquine, a piperidinyl quinidine with antimalarial activity.

(Mefloquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A quinolinemethanol derivative with antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and potential chemosensitization and radiosensitization activities.

(Mefloquine, NCI Thesaurus)

The isethionate salt form of hydroxystilbamidine, a cationic dye with antifungal, antitrypanosomal, antimalarial, and carcinostatic activities.

(Hydroxystilbamidine Isethionate, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of chloroquine, a synthetic quinoline with antimalarial and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Chloroquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A 4-aminoquinoline with antimalarial, anti-inflammatory, and potential chemosensitization and radiosensitization activities.

(Chloroquine, NCI Thesaurus)