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mefloquine

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɛf.lə.kwiːn/Part of speech nounSorted eefilmnoquStarts with MEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An antimalarial medicine used to prevent or treat malaria.

Word origin

From me(thyl) (“quinoline derivative”) + fl(uor)o- + -quine.

Used in a sentence

  • The same year the UN banned mefloquine for peacekeeping troops in Cambodia because of concern about the drug's "neuropsychiatric side effects… in military personnel".
  • I take thalazole to control the stools, mefloquine for the malaria.
  • Drug-Interactions: Several anti-malaria drugs, such as mefloquine, chloroquine and proguanil (not approved for use in US) possess antibacterial activity which may interfere with the immunogenicity of Vivotif.

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