antimalarial

an·ti·ma·lar·i·al

A0342400 (ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, ăn′tī-)adj. Preventing or treating malaria.n. A drug used to prevent or treat malaria.

antimalarial

(ˌæntɪməˈlɛərɪəl) adj (Medicine) effective in the treatment of malarian (Pharmacology) an antimalarial drug or agent

Thesaurus

Noun

antimalarial - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malariaantimalarial drugantiprotozoal, antiprotozoal drug - a medicinal drug used to fight diseases (like malaria) that are caused by protozoachloroquine - an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosusLarium, mefloquine, mefloquine hydrochloride, Mephaquine - an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some peopleprimaquine - synthetic antimalarial drugAtabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride - a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malariaquinine - a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy

Translations

antipaludéenantipaludiqueantimalarico

Antimalarial

enUK

antimalarial

[‚an·tē·mə′ler·ē·əl] (pharmacology) A drug, such as quinacrine, that prevents or suppresses malaria. Acting against malaria.

Antimalarial

a medicinal preparation for the treatment and prophylaxis of malaria. Antimalarials are classified into several groups according to their selective or predominant effect on various forms of plasmodia. For example, quinacrine hydrochloride, chloroquine, and quinine kill schizonts in the blood and rapidly curtail malarial attacks, while quinocide and primaquine destroy malarial parasites in tissues and prevent future relapses of tertian and quartan malaria. For this reason, drugs of both groups are usually used with the above forms of malaria. Proguanil hydrochloride acts on the erythrocytic and sexual forms of plasmodia; it is especially effective against the pathogen that produces falciparum malaria. Quinocide and primaquine also kill the gamonts of pathogens and, as a result, the infected person remains noninfective for the mosquito. Quinine is usually used in regions where the pathogens that produce falciparum malaria are resistant to chloroquine. The administration of antimalarials, such as chloroquine, to healthy individuals is used in the chemoprophylaxis of malarial foci.

Most antimalarials are obtained synthetically. Quinine, for example, is an alkaloid of a cinchona tree. Antimalarials are also used to treat certain diseases caused by protozoans or helminths; for example, quinacrine hydrochloride is used to treat amebiasis, giardiasis, and leishmaniasis, while pyrimethamine is used to treat toxoplasmosis.

REFERENCE

Moshkovskii, Sh. D., ed. Ukazaniia po lecheniiu i khimioprofilaktike maliarii. Moscow, 1972.

N. N. PLOTNIKOV

antimalarial

[an″te-, an″ti-mah-lar´e-al] therapeutically effective against malaria.antimalarial agent.

an·ti·ma·lar·i·al

(an'tē-mă-lā'rē-ăl), 1. Preventing or curing malaria. 2. A chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits or destroys malarial parasites.

antimalarial

(ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, ăn′tī-)adj. Preventing or treating malaria.n. A drug used to prevent or treat malaria.

an·ti·ma·lar·i·al

(an'tē-mă-lārē-ăl) 1. Preventing or curing malaria. 2. A chemotherapeutic agent that inhibits or destroys malarial parasites.

antimalarial

1. Effective in the treatment or prevention of malaria. 2. An antimalarial drug.

antimalarial

Related to antimalarial: Antimalarial Drugs

noun

Synonyms for antimalarial

noun a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria

Synonyms

antimalarial drug

Related Words

antiprotozoal
antiprotozoal drug
chloroquine
Larium
mefloquine
mefloquine hydrochloride
Mephaquine
primaquine
Atabrine
mepacrine
quinacrine
quinacrine hydrochloride
quinine