Antimalarial Drug (Noun)
Meaning
A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Chloroquine is an antimalarial drug that was once widely used to treat malaria.
- The antimalarial drug doxycycline is often prescribed for people traveling to areas with high risk of malaria.
- Mefloquine is an antimalarial drug that is used to prevent and treat malaria in some parts of the world.
- The World Health Organization recommends using an antimalarial drug to prevent malaria in people who live in or travel to areas with high transmission rates.
- Atovaquone-proguanil is an antimalarial drug that is commonly used to treat and prevent malaria in people who have been bitten by an infected mosquito.