pyrimethamine
/pahy-ruh-meth-uh-meen, -min/US // ˌpaɪ rəˈmɛθ əˌmin, -mɪn //
嘧霉胺,嘧菌胺,嘧菌酯,吡米斯胺
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Pharmacology.
- : a potent substance, C12H13ClN4, used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
Examples
So while participants who got chloroquine might develop malaria symptoms, those who get pyrimethamine wouldn’t, Cook says.
A dose of pyrimethamine protected only two out of nine people.
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