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Answer for the clue "A medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria ", 12 letters:
antimalarial

Word definitions for antimalarial in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria [syn: antimalarial drug ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Preventing or counteracting malaria. n. An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antimalarial \An`ti*ma*la"ri*al\ ([a^]n`t[i^]*m[.a]*l[=a]"r[i^]*al), a. Good against malaria.

Usage examples of antimalarial.

Public Health Service would pass out an antimalarial preventive called mefloquine to every doctor, health clinic, hospital, and nurse practitioner in Maryland and Virginia.

As usual upon arrival, we distributed first aspirin and then Nivaquin, the antimalarial pill.

They are all taking Maladrone, an antimalarial drug that for most fosters disturbing and hallucinogenic dreams.

She needs the psychic analog of antimalarial paste from thirteen buttercups.

But, just like with the antimalarials, there was no effect whatsoever.

Tom injected him with a broad-spectrum antibiotic and an antimalarial.

The nurse practitioner gave each of them a battery of shots as well as prescriptions for antimalarial drugs.