antimalarial
Tropical disease fighter
Antimalarial describes drugs or measures that prevent or treat malaria, the mosquito-borne disease caused by parasites: antimalarial medication, antimalarial nets.
As a noun, an antimalarial is such a drug: Travelers to tropical regions often take antimalarials.
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- parasiteOne exploiting a host
- feverElevated body temperature
- chillsShivering spells from illness
prophylaxis · endemic · epidemic · vivax · transmission · anemia · jaundice · relapse
Antimalarial alkaloid from bark
- chloroquineAntimalarial medication
- hydroxychloroquineAntimalarial and immunosuppressant drug
- doxycyclineTetracycline-class antimicrobial medication
- quinidineCardiac rhythm normalizer
Preventive medical treatment
- bednetMesh preventing insect bites
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- insecticide-treatedCoated with bug-killing chemicals
- repellentCauses strong aversion
DEET · permethrin · picaridin · spraying · larvicide · transmission · avoidance · travel advisory
Study of drug actions
- parasitologyStudy of organisms exploiting others
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- drug discoveryDeveloping new therapeutic compounds
- vaccine developmentCreating disease-preventing biological preparations
Curative mental treatment
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
oral · intravenous · combination therapy · drug resistance · side effects · pharmacokinetics · therapeutic · efficacy
plasmodium
Multinucleate protoplasmic mass
chills · prophylaxis · endemic · epidemic · vivax · transmission · anemia · jaundice · relapse · dormant
quinine
Antimalarial alkaloid from bark
- chloroquineAntimalarial medication
- hydroxychloroquineAntimalarial and immunosuppressant drug
- doxycyclineTetracycline-class antimicrobial medication
prophylaxis
Preventive medical treatment
- bednetMesh preventing insect bites
- nettingInterlaced open fabric
- insecticide-treatedCoated with bug-killing chemicals
repellent · DEET · permethrin · picaridin · spraying · larvicide · transmission · avoidance · travel advisory · resistance
pharmacology
Study of drug actions
- parasitologyStudy of organisms exploiting others
- clinical trialHuman subject research experiment
- drug discoveryDeveloping new therapeutic compounds
vaccine development · tropical medicine · entomology · epidemiology · field study
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
medication · oral · intravenous · combination therapy · drug resistance · side effects · pharmacokinetics · therapeutic · efficacy · tolerance
- Antimicrobialsantibiotic, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal
- Malariavivax, Anopheles, mosquito, parasite, chloroquine
- antiparasiticsantiparasitic, antiparasitics, ivermectin, dewormer, deworming
- healing effectstherapeutic, curative, restorative, healing, soothing
- cinchonaquinine, Peruvian bark, quinidine