mefloquine

Noun

Meaning

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 people

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Larium mefloquine hydrochloride Mephaquine

Hypernyms

antimalarial antimalarial drug

Examples

MSF also introduced a switching of first-line treatment to a combination therapy (Artesunate and Mefloquine) to combat resistance and fatality of old drugs that were used to treat the disease traditionally. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Mefferd Mefford MeFi mefloquine hydrochloride MEFO Mefoxin