schizonticidal

English

Adjective

schizonticidal (comparative more schizonticidal, superlative most schizonticidal)

1. Destructive to schizonts (especially malaria).
   • 2015 August 29, “A New Set of Chemical Starting Points with Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Potential for Antimalarial Drug Discovery”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Successive differentiation events lead to early gametocytes (stages I to III), susceptible to most of classical schizonticidal antimalarials.

Related terms

• schizonticide