mefloquine
/ (ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn) /
noun
a synthetic drug administered orally to prevent or treat malaria
Nearby words
meeting rail, meetly, meetup, mefenamic acid, meff, mefloquine, meg, mega, mega-, megabacterium, megabit
Word Origin for mefloquine
C20
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Examples from the Web for mefloquine
Mefloquine was developed by Army doctors in the 1970s, and first licensed as Lariam in 1990.