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mefloquine hydrochloride — noun 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 • Syn: ↑mefloquine, ↑Larium, ↑Mephaquine • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
Mefloquine — Systematic (IUPAC) name (R*,S*) 2,8 bis(trifluoromethyl)quinolin 4 yl] (2 piperidyl)methanol Clinical data … Wikipedia
mefloquine — noun 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 • Syn: ↑mefloquine hydrochloride, ↑Larium, ↑Mephaquine •… … Useful english dictionary
mefloquine — noun Etymology: meth + fluor + quinoline Date: 1974 an antimalarial drug C17H16F6N2O similar to quinine that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride … New Collegiate Dictionary
mefloquine — An antimalarial resembling quinine and chloroquine. * * * mef·lo·quine mef lə .kwīn n an antimalarial drug similar to quinine that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C17H16F6N2O·HCl esp. for the prevention and treatment of… … Medical dictionary
Chlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunate — Chlorproguanil dapsone artesunate (abbreviated CDA) is a new antimalarial treatment that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006. It consists of chlorproguanil hydrochloride, dapsone, and artesunate. (It can also be interpreted as… … Wikipedia
halofantrine hydrochloride — hal·o·fan·trine hy·dro·chlor·ide (hal″o fanґtrēn) an antimalarial chemically related to quinine and mefloquine, effective against the asexual forms of Plasmodium in the blood stream; used in the treatment of acute falciparum and vivax… … Medical dictionary
Mefloquin — Strukturformel Racemisches Mefloquin: (S,R) Form (links) (R,S) Form (rechts) Allgemeines … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quinine — Not to be confused with quinone. Quinine Systematic (IUPAC) name … Wikipedia
antimalarial — noun a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria • Syn: ↑antimalarial drug • Hypernyms: ↑antiprotozoal, ↑antiprotozoal drug • Hyponyms: ↑chloroquine, ↑mefloquine, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
