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pyrimethamine

[ pahy-ruh-meth-uh-meen, -min ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pyrimethamine1

First recorded in 1950–55; pyrim(idine) + eth(yl) + -amine

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