praziquantel

Etymology
. The drug was developed by the German pharmaceutical companies and Merck in the mid-1970s. The name is established as the drug’s international nonproprietary name, and follows the -antel suffix pattern for the general anthelmintics category of pharmaceutical products.

Noun

 * 1)  An anthelmintic medication used to treat a number of types of parasitic worm infections, including clonorchiasis, cysticercosis, opisthorchiasis, schistosomiasis, and tapeworm infections.
 * 2) * 1997,, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present, London: HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN 978-0-00-215173-3 ; republished London: , 2016, , page 470:
 * In the case of schistosomiasis, the techniques of molecular biology are being used to seek vaccines, and praziquantel has transformed therapy.
 * In the case of schistosomiasis, the techniques of molecular biology are being used to seek vaccines, and praziquantel has transformed therapy.