pyrimethamine

pyrimethamine
/puy'reuh meth"euh meen', -min/, n. Pharm.
a potent substance, C12H13ClN4, used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
[1950-55; PYRIM(IDINE) + ETH(YL) + -AMINE]

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