What does "mefloquine" mean?

An antimalarial drug C₁₇H₁₆F₆N₂O similar to quinine that consists of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline and is used in the form of its hydrochloride for the prevention and treatment of malaria.

How do you pronounce "mefloquine"?

Pronounced //ˈmɛf.lə.kwiːn//.

Mefloquine

Q: What is a synonym for "mefloquine"?

Common synonyms include: lariam, antimalarial, antimalarial related, drug related, mefloquine based, mefloquine containing.

/ˈmɛf.lə.kwiːn/ noun

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Noun

1
An antimalarial drug C₁₇H₁₆F₆N₂O similar to quinine that consists of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline and is used in the form of its hydrochloride for the prevention and treatment of malaria. uncountable
"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"."
2
an antimalarial drug (trade name Lariam and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people wordnet

Synonyms

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lariam antimalarial antimalarial related drug related mefloquine based mefloquine containing

Antonyms

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nonmefloquine based not containing mefloquine not related to mefloquine unrelated to mefloquine

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"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"."

Etymology

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

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