fexinidazole

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.