mepacrine
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mepacrine
(ˈmɛpəkrɪn)n
(Pharmacology) Brit a drug, mepacrine dihydrochloride, one of the first synthetic substitutes for quinine, formerly widely used to treat malaria but now largely replaced by chloroquine. Formula: C23H30ClN3O.2HCl.2H2O. US name: quinacrine
[C20: from me(thyl) + pa(ludism + a)cr(id)ine]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() antimalarial, antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge - a medication capable of causing the evacuation of parasitic intestinal worms |
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