LARIUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people

Synonyms:

Larium; mefloquine; mefloquine hydrochloride; Mephaquine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Larium" is a kind of...):

antimalarial; antimalarial drug (a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria)

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