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- noun The drug
artemisinin .
Etymologies
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Chinese
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Examples
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But by the 1970s it was known that the lethal chemical, first called qinghaosu and now artemisinin, had a structure never seen before in nature: In chemical terms, it is a sesquiterpene lactone with a peroxide bridge.
The Seattle Times 2012
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They can cure both the acute and chronic diseases as well as the infectious and intractable diseases For instance, using qinghaosu isolated from
Chapter 8 1991
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