fexinidazole

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Etymology[edit]

From phe(no)xy +‎ -nidazole (metronidazole derivative).

Noun[edit]

fexinidazole (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
    • 2008 January 8, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease”, in New York Times[1]:
      By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better.