Meanings
nounfexinidazole (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA drug being investigated for the treatment of sleeping sickness.
By 2014, he hopes to have evidence that another drug, fexinidazole, is better.
2008 January 8, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishphenoxy
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
- Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
- Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanMethy
- Englishme(thyl)
- Egyptiannṯr
- Egyptiannṯrj
- Ancient Greekνῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron)
- Englishnitro-
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishamide
- Englishimide
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷih₃wós
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷíh₃weti
- Proto-Hellenic*gʷyṓw-ō
- Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ṓwō
- Ancient Greekζώω (zṓō)
- Ancient Greekζῶ (zô)
- Ancient Greekζωή (zōḗ)
- Frenchazote
- Englishazote
- Englishazo-
- Englishazole
- Englishimidazole
- Englishmetronidazole
- Englishfexinidazole
From phe(no)xy + -nidazole (“metronidazole derivative”).
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APA
fexinidazole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fexinidazole
MLA
“fexinidazole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fexinidazole. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fexinidazole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fexinidazole.
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