MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mefloquine hydrochloride mean? 

• MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEFLOQUINE HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Larium; mefloquine; mefloquine hydrochloride; Mephaquine

Hypernyms ("mefloquine hydrochloride" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Mefloquine hydrochloride is active against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.

(Mefloquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the exact mechanism of mefloquine hydrochloride is largely unknown, this agent acts as a blood schizonticide and probably exert its actions by interacting with the phospholipid bilayer, thereby interfering with the stability of the cell membrane and causing cell lysis.

(Mefloquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)