Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Preventing or relieving the symptoms of malaria.
- noun A drug used to treat malaria.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preventive or curative of malaria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Good against malaria.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
agent thatprevents orcounteracts malaria - adjective preventing or counteracting malaria
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
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Examples
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These discoveries led to the successful production of certain antimalarial drugs (they are reported in numerous scientific papers, mainly in the Journal of the Chemical Society).
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PDPs have developed and delivered antimalarial medicines and are making headway in the development of vaccines and rapid diagnostic tests.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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The fear is that like chloroquine, an older class of antimalarial drug that has lost its power, artemisinin will be rendered useless through the emergence of resistant parasites.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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We need to scale up what is already working and continue to develop new antimalarial tools.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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The fear is that like chloroquine, an older class of antimalarial drug that has lost its power, artemisinin will be rendered useless through the emergence of resistant parasites.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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In fact there seems to be growing interest in it because it can be readily cultivated and seems to offer the possibility as a source of new drugs with anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, hepatoprotective, and anti-cancer applications.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis Dr. Richard Palmquist 2012
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Travelers who may be at risk for malaria during their trip can take antimalarial drugs prior to travel and can learn more about ways to protect themselves on their trip.
Vaccine Schedules 2010
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PDPs have developed and delivered antimalarial medicines and are making headway in the development of vaccines and rapid diagnostic tests.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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In fact there seems to be growing interest in it because it can be readily cultivated and seems to offer the possibility as a source of new drugs with anti-inflammatory, antimalarial, hepatoprotective, and anti-cancer applications.
Dr. Richard Palmquist: Science Rediscovers the Forgotten Herb Andrographis Dr. Richard Palmquist 2012
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We need to scale up what is already working and continue to develop new antimalarial tools.
Jeffrey L. Sturchio: Malaria: Solid Success but No Time for Complacence Jeffrey L. Sturchio 2011
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