schizonticidal

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English

Adjective

schizonticidal (comparative more schizonticidal, superlative most schizonticidal)

  1. Destructive to schizonts (especially malaria).
    • 2015 August 29, “A New Set of Chemical Starting Points with Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Potential for Antimalarial Drug Discovery”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Successive differentiation events lead to early gametocytes (stages I to III), susceptible to most of classical schizonticidal antimalarials.