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schizonticidal

schizonticidal adjective: destructive to schizonts (especially malaria).

Adjective

schizonticidal (comparative more schizonticidal, superlative most schizonticidal)

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

Forms of schizonticidal

comparativemore schizonticidal
superlativemost schizonticidal

Questions about schizonticidal

What does schizonticidal mean?
Schizonticidal means destructive to schizonts (especially malaria).
What part of speech is schizonticidal?
Schizonticidal is an adjective.

Words near schizonticidal in the dictionary

  1. schizomid
  2. schizomids
  3. schizomycetous
  4. schizont
  5. schizontaemia
  6. schizonticidal
  7. schizonticide
  8. schizonticides
  9. schizontocidal
  10. schizontocide
  11. schizontocides

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