antimalarial

adjective

an·​ti·​ma·​lar·​i·​al

ˌan-tē-mə-ˈler-ē-əl,

ˌan-tī- 

: serving to prevent, control, or cure malaria

antimalarial noun

Examples of antimalarial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Combined with other tools like bed nets, insecticides, and antimalarial medication, Gavi estimates malaria vaccines could reduce the burden of malaria on poor countries by up to 92 percent. —Celia Ford, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for antimalarial

• actuarial
• adversarial
• secretarial
• urticarial
• aerial
• areal
• ariel
• burial
• biserial
• filarial
• malarial
• subaerial

Kids Definition

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

-ē-ə 

: serving to prevent, check, or cure malaria

antimalarial

2 of 2 noun

: an antimalarial drug