mefloquine
/ (ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn) /
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noun
a synthetic drug administered orally to prevent or treat malaria
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Word Origin for mefloquine
C20
Words nearby mefloquine
meetup, meet up with, meet with, mefenamic acid, meff, mefloquine, Mefoxin, meg, mega-, megabacterium, megabit
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Mefloquine was developed by Army doctors in the 1970s, and first licensed as Lariam in 1990.
Medical definitions for mefloquine
mefloquine
[ mĕf′lə-kwīn′, -kwēn′ ]
n.
A drug used mainly for the prevention and treatment of malaria resistant to chloroquine phosphate.
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