Arteether
/ˌɑːr.tɪˈiː.θər/noun
A semisynthetic antimalarial drug derived from artemisinin and used to treat severe malaria.
Did you know?Arteether is an ethyl-ether derivative of artemisinin, whose discovery grew from Chinese research into qinghao, or sweet wormwood, and earned Tu Youyou the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis)
“Artemis, the goddess whose name later became associated with the plant genus Artemisia”
1st Century CE
Latin
Artemisia
“A plant genus named in botanical tradition after Artemis”
Modern botanical Latin
Latin
Artemisia annua
“Annual wormwood, the plant from which artemisinin is obtained”
1970s
English
artemisinin
“A sesquiterpene antimalarial compound isolated from Artemisia annua”
Late 20th Century
English
arteether
“A semisynthetic ethyl-ether derivative of artemisinin, developed as an antimalarial medicine”