What does "melarsoprol" mean?

An organic arsenic compound, C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂, administered intravenously to treat late-stage African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness).

How do you pronounce "melarsoprol"?

Pronounced //mɛˈlaː.sə(ʊ).pɹɒl//.

Melarsoprol

//mɛˈlaː.sə(ʊ).pɹɒl// noun

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Noun

1
An organic arsenic compound, C₁₂H₁₅AsN₆OS₂, administered intravenously to treat late-stage African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness). uncountable
"They still use the drug melarsoprol, which, Dr. Pécoul said, “is not effective and sometimes kills.”"

Example

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"But because sleeping sickness can be a lethal illness and because some of the other drugs are so expensive and difficult to administer, melarsoprol continues to be used to treat trypanosomiasis patients."

Etymology

From mel(amine) + ars(enic) + -o- + pro(pylene) + -ol.

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sleeping sickness

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