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Definition of "larium" [larium]

  • An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "larium" in a sentence
  • "I love larium the last few mornings have been pretty wild, but nothing like this morning."
  • "Certain strains of the malaria parasit, which lived in mosquitoes had become resistant to chloroquine, but not to other anti-malarial tablets, such as a combination of chloroquine and paludrine and larium."
  • "A conversation now ensuing between a gentleman commoner, whom the party designated Pontius Pilate {23} and Tom Echo, relative to the comparative merits of their hunters, afforded me an opportunity of surveying the _larium_ of my friend; the entrance to which was through a short passage, that served the varied purposes of an ante-room or vestibule, and a scout's pantry and boot-closet."