antimonials

antimonials

(an-ti-mō'nē-ălz), Pharmaceutical agents containing antimony that are used in the treatment of trypanosome infections (for example, African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease).

antimonials

Antimony-containing drugs, especially the pentavalent group such as sodium stibogluconate (Stibophen) and meglumine antimoniate, used in the treatment of KALA-AZAR (LEISHMANIASIS).