Fexinidazole

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness. uncountable

    "By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better."

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"By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better."

Etymology

From phe(no)xy + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

Related phrases

sleeping sickness

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