artemisina

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾtemiˈsina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: ar‧te‧mi‧si‧na

Noun

artemisina f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of artemisinina
    • 2015 October 5, “El Nobel de Medicina premia terapias contra la malaria y otros parásitos”, in El País:
      En la actualidad, la artemisina, usada junto a otros fármacos, permite reducir la mortalidad de la malaria un 20% en adultos y hasta un 30% en niños, lo que supone salvar cada año 100.000 vidas solo en África, uno de los continentes más castigados por esta enfermedad.
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