Meanings
nounpaludrine (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe antimalarial drug proguanil hydrochloride.First known use 1944
‘Yes, a slight touch of malaria.’ ‘Why don’t you take paludrine?’ ‘I sometimes forget.’
1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 123
Origin
Blend of paludism + mepacrine or atabrine.
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