antimalarial

adjective

an·​ti·​ma·​lar·​i·​al
ˌan-tē-mə-ˈler-ē-əl,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce antimalarial (audio)
: serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria
antimalarial noun

Examples of antimalarial in a Sentence

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Earlier in the pandemic, then-President Donald Trump had encouraged the use of both hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, and ivermectin, an antiparasitic medication, to treat the virus. Suzanne King, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2025 In the span of a few years, the agency spurred development of an antimalarial drug, a flu vaccine, techniques to produce penicillin at scale, and, less salubriously, the atomic bomb. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025 Commodities like tea, rubber, and cinchona—the source of the antimalarial drug quinine—began to move freely around the world. Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 26 Feb. 2025 In 2020, they were awarded a Eureka Prize for their work, supported by the Gates Foundation, showing that the solubility of two antimalarial drugs could be enhanced using milk. Paul McClure 13, New Atlas, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for antimalarial

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of antimalarial was in 1843

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“Antimalarial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antimalarial. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

antimalarial

adjective
an·​ti·​ma·​lar·​i·​al ˌant-i-mə-ˈler-ē-əl How to pronounce antimalarial (audio)
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 How to pronounce antimalarial (audio)
variants or antimalaria
: serving to prevent, check, or cure malaria

antimalarial

2 of 2 noun
: an antimalarial drug
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