mefloquine
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mef·lo·quine
(mĕf′lə-kwīn′, -kwēn′)n.
A drug, C17H16F6N2O, used in its hydrochloride form for the treatment and prevention of chloroquine-resistant malaria.
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mefloquine
(ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn)n
(Pharmacology) a synthetic drug administered orally to prevent or treat malaria
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Noun 1. mefloquine - 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
antimalarial, antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
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mefloquine
n mefloquinaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.