antimalarial

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ malarial.

Pronunciation

enPR: ăn′tē-mə-lâr′ē-əl, -tī-^[1]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Hyphenation: an‧ti‧ma‧lar‧i‧al^[1]

Noun

antimalarial (plural antimalarials)

An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.

Translations

agent that prevents or counteracts malaria

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Czech: antimalarikum n
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Irish: cógas frithmhaláireach m
Italian: antimalarico (it) m
Polish: środek przeciwmalaryczny m
Portuguese: antimalárico m, antipalúdico m
Romanian: antimalaric (ro), antipaludic (ro)
Spanish: antimalárico m, antipalúdico (es) m
Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

antimalarial (comparative more antimalarial, superlative most antimalarial)

Preventing or counteracting malaria.

Derived terms

antimalarially

Translations

preventing or counteracting malaria

Catalan: antipalúdic
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Greek: ανθελονοσιακός (el) (anthelonosiakós)
Ido: please add this translation if you can
Interlingua: please add this translation if you can
Irish: frithmhaláireach
Italian: antimalarico (it)
Polish: przeciwmalaryczny (pl)
Portuguese: antimalárico, antipalúdico, antimalária
Romanian: antimalaric (ro), antipaludic (ro)
Spanish: antimalárico, antipalúdico (es)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “antimalarial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.