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antimalarial

[an-tee-muh-lair-ee-uh l, an-tahy‐]Medicine/Medical, Pharmacology
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adjective
  1. of or relating to a substance that is used in the treatment or prevention of malaria.
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noun
  1. any such substance, as a drug.
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Origin of antimalarial

First recorded in 1890–95; anti- + malarial
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Historical Examples

  • In antimalarial work it is desirable to distinguish the anopheline mosquitoes from the culicine species in all stages.

    Handbook of Medical Entomology

    William Albert Riley

British Dictionary definitions for antimalarial

antimalarial

adjective
  1. effective in the treatment of malaria
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noun
  1. an antimalarial drug or agent
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antimalarial in Medicine

antimalarial

(ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, ăn′tī-)
adj.
  1. Preventing or relieving the symptoms of malaria.
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