Definition of "praziquantel" []

• A drug, C19H24N2O2, that kills trematodes and tapeworms parasitic to humans, used especially in the treatment of schistosomiasis. (noun)

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• "- Treatment with praziquantel, which is just as effective and well tolerated, and 3 times as cheap (IDA 1991)."
• "A drug called praziquantel has been used as the main treatment for several decades but scientists have never understood how the drug works."
• "Doctors promptly prescribed praziquantel, a veterinary anti-parasitic drug that is also given to humans, and Wills was soon on the road to recovery."