Mefloquine

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  • noun. A drug, C17H17ClF6N2O, used mainly for the treatment and prevention of chloroquine-resistant malaria.
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  • noun. An antimalarial drug with the chemical formula C17H16F6N2O, used for the prevention and treatment of malaria
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  • noun. 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
    • Word Usage
    "But a strain of cerebral malaria resistant to mefloquine is now on the offensive."
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    antimalarial  antimalarial drug  
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