Definitions For Artemisinin

Noun

ARTEMISININ. (countable and uncountable, plural ARTEMISININs) (medicine, biochemistry, organic compound) An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone; a group of compounds chemically related to the drug.

Synonyms

antimalarial drug qinghaosu

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 青蒿素, tr=qīnghāosù, 黃花蒿素}}, {{t, cmn, 黄花蒿素 (huánghuāhāosù) Kazakh: артемизинин Portuguese: artemisinina, f Spanish: artemisina, f

See also

artemisia

Is Artemisinin a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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