pyrimethamine

[ pahy-ruh-meth-uh-meen, -min ]
/ ˌpaɪ rəˈmɛθ əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun Pharmacology.

a potent substance, C12H13ClN4, used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.

Origin of pyrimethamine

First recorded in 1950–55; pyrim(idine) + eth(yl) + -amine

Medical definitions for pyrimethamine

pyrimethamine
[ pī′rə-mĕthə-mēn′, -mĭn ]

n.

A potent folic acid antagonist used as a prophylactic antimalarial agent against Plasmodium falciparum and in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.