antimalarial drug

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antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malariaantimalarialantiprotozoal, 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