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fexinidazole

fexinidazole noun: a drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.

Noun

fexinidazole (uncountable)

  1. A drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
    • By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better.2008 January 8, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease”, in New York Times

Origin of fexinidazole

From phe(no)xy + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).

Questions about fexinidazole

What does fexinidazole mean?
Fexinidazole means a drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
What part of speech is fexinidazole?
Fexinidazole is a noun.

Words near fexinidazole in the dictionary

  1. fewterlock
  2. fewterlocks
  3. fewters
  4. fewtrils
  5. Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
  6. fexinidazole
  7. fexofenadine
  8. fext
  9. fexted
  10. fexting
  11. fexts

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