: serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria
antimalarial
noun
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Mosquito nets, insect repellant and antimalarial drugs can help limit transmission, and receiving a malaria vaccine prior to infection can reduce the odds of severe disease and death.
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The antimalarial drug was briefly touted as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus at a time when little else was available.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Common antimalarial drugs that cause tinnitus include quinine, hydroxychloroquine, and chloroquine.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 13 Dec. 2024
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz lobbied the Trump administration to rush trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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Aria Bendix, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The antimalarial drug was briefly touted as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus at a time when little else was available.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
Common antimalarial drugs that cause tinnitus include quinine, hydroxychloroquine, and chloroquine.
—Ayesha Gulzar, Verywell Health, 13 Dec. 2024
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oz lobbied the Trump administration to rush trials of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat the virus.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Antimalarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antimalarial. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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antimalarial
adjective
an·ti·ma·lar·i·al
ˌant-i-mə-ˈler-ē-əl 
ˌan-ˌtī-
: serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria
antimalarial
noun
Medical Definition
antimalarial
1 of 2 adjective
an·ti·ma·lar·i·al
-mə-ˈler-ē-əl
variants
or antimalaria
: serving to prevent, check, or cure malaria
antimalarial
2 of 2 noun
: an antimalarial drug
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