Mephaquine

Definitions of Mephaquine
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    antimalarial, antimalarial drug
    a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
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