Etymology

cabamiquine

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Today it means: An antimalarial medication (still investigational as of 2026) that inhibits the protist Plasmodium falciparum, thus relieving or preventing malaria. Full definition →

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Since 2022; named according to the combining form rules of the INN (international nonproprietary name) system, from caba + mi + -quine (quinoline derivative), where the caba and mi syllables (and many others like them) are conventional in the INN system for referring to certain molecules or functional groups thereof.

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