Definition of "artemether" []

• An antimalarial derived from artemisinin, and used to treat multiply drug-resistant strains of falciparum malaria. (noun)

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• "Compound artemether is a medicine invented in the late 1970s, which has proven effective in treating malaria worldwide."
• "They tested the new medicine, called co-artemether, which is a combination of two Chinese drugs (artemether-lumefantrine), on 75 malaria patients in Mozambique and achieved a 100 percent success rate."
• "After some 100,000 netizens took part in the discussion and 51,442 valid votes were cast, the selections were: hybrid rice, laser typesetting for Chinese characters, synthesis of bovine insulin and the discovery of artemether, an anti-malarial drug made from the Chinese herb qinghao."