Usually means: Potent antimalarial derived from plants.
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  1. artemisinin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. artemisinin: Collins English Dictionary
  3. artemisinin: Wordnik
  4. artemisinin: Wiktionary
  5. Artemisinin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. artemisinin: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Artemisinin: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. artemisinin: Glossary of Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products
  4. Artemisinin: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (artemisinin)

noun:  (organic chemistry, pharmacology) An antimalarial drug derived from the sweet wormwood shrub, Artemisia annua, found as the active ingredient in traditional Chinese medical herbal treatment for malaria, chemically a sesquiterpene lactone - C₁₅H₂₂O₅.

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