1) Antimalarial agent 
It is on the World Health Organization`s List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system. ==Medical uses== The World Health Organization recommends intramuscular or intravenous artesunate as the first line treatment for severe malaria. Artesunate was shown to prevent more deaths from severe mal....
Type: Term Pronunciation: ahr-tez′ŭ-nāt Definitions: 1. A derivative of artemisinin, an antimalarial.