praziquantel

[化] 吡喹酮; 环吡异喹酮

发音

US /ˌpɹæzɪˈkwæntɛl/
其它
UK /ˌpɹæzɪˈkwæntɛl/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An anthelmintic medication used to treat a number of types of parasitic worm infections, including clonorchiasis, cysticercosis, opisthorchiasis, schistosomiasis, and tapeworm infections.

    不可数 医学

    In the case of schistosomiasis, […] the techniques of molecular biology are being used to seek vaccines, and praziquantel has transformed therapy.

词源

p(y)razi(ne) + qu(inoline) + -antel (“anthelmintic”). The drug was developed by the German pharmaceutical companies Bayer and Merck in the mid-1970s. The name is established as the drug’s international nonproprietary name.

来源：wiktionary