quinacrine hydrochloride

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quin·a·crine hydrochloride

(kwĭn′ə-krēn′)

A bright yellow, bitter, crystalline compound, C₂₃H₃₂Cl₃N₃O·2H₂O, used as an antimalarial and antihelminthic drug.

[quin- + acr(id)ine.]

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quinacrine hydrochloride - a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria

Atabrine, mepacrine, quinacrine

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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The sterilization agent in this procedure is a small pellet containing the drug quinacrine hydrochloride. The quinacrine pellet is placed inside a woman's uterus where it inflicts injury so that the growth of scar tissue takes place.

El-Kady et al., "Histopathologic changes in the cornual portion of the fallopian tube following a single transcervical insertion of quinacrine hydrochloride pellets," Advances in Contraception, (March, 1991).