antimalarial
adjective
an·ti·ma·lar·i·al 
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈler-ē-əl,
ˌan-tī- : serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria
antimalarial noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Gerwick now has funding to explore carmaphycin B as a new antimalarial drug. 
Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022 Quinine was also used as an antimalarial medication. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2021 And antimalarial drugs and other tools have long helped offset the burden of malaria, said Birkett, so the vaccine wasn’t a priority in the same sense compared to Covid-19. Pratik Pawar, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2022 Tu followed a hunch about how to extract an antimalarial compound from the qinghao or artemisia plant. Maggie Villiger, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2022 Amodiaquine was first synthesized in the mid-1940s, at a time when scientists were making artificial versions of the antimalarial compound quinine, which is found in the bark of the cinchona tree. Roxanne Khamsi, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020 Mosquitoes have evolved to withstand many insecticides used to control malaria spread, and the parasites can become resistant to antimalarial drugs too. Sara Harrison, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021 The emergency-use authorization of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial touted by Mr. Trump, which was rescinded over concerns of safety and efficacy, also drew criticism. Peter Loftus, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020 His second minister also resigned after openly breaking with Bolsonaro over widespread prescription of the antimalarial drug chloroquine for coronavirus treatment. Darlene Superville, The Denver Post, 24 May 2020 See More
Stephanie Stone, Scientific American, 23 July 2022 Quinine was also used as an antimalarial medication. David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2021 And antimalarial drugs and other tools have long helped offset the burden of malaria, said Birkett, so the vaccine wasn’t a priority in the same sense compared to Covid-19. Pratik Pawar, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2022 Tu followed a hunch about how to extract an antimalarial compound from the qinghao or artemisia plant. Maggie Villiger, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2022 Amodiaquine was first synthesized in the mid-1940s, at a time when scientists were making artificial versions of the antimalarial compound quinine, which is found in the bark of the cinchona tree. Roxanne Khamsi, Wired, 20 Aug. 2020 Mosquitoes have evolved to withstand many insecticides used to control malaria spread, and the parasites can become resistant to antimalarial drugs too. Sara Harrison, Wired, 15 Oct. 2021 The emergency-use authorization of hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial touted by Mr. Trump, which was rescinded over concerns of safety and efficacy, also drew criticism. Peter Loftus, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2020 His second minister also resigned after openly breaking with Bolsonaro over widespread prescription of the antimalarial drug chloroquine for coronavirus treatment. Darlene Superville, The Denver Post, 24 May 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
antimalarial 1 of 2
adjective
an·ti·ma·lar·i·al -mə-ˈler-ē-əl
variants or antimalaria
-ē-ə
: serving to prevent, check, or cure malaria
antimalarial
2 of 2noun
: an antimalarial drug