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Definition of Pyrimethamine
1. Noun. (medicine) a folic acid antagonist, used in the prophylactic treatment of malaria ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyrimethamine
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrimethamine
Literary usage of Pyrimethamine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"By contrast good control resulted by reducing the concentration of pyrimethamine
to 0-005 per cent, and adding 0-05 per cent, ..."
2. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Drug Dosage (mg) Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 160/800 mg orally every day
Aerosolized pentamidine Dapsone pyrimethamine-dapsone or 3 days a week 300 mg ..."
3. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"Fansidar (sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine) became available when it was licensed in
the United States in 1983, but it was little used by the military for ..."
4. The Female Client and the Health-Care Provider by Janet Hatcher Roberts, Carol Vlassoff (1995)
"... -pyrimethamine (SP/SP), the first administered during the second trimester
and the second administered at the beginning of the third trimester, ..."
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