quinacrine

Meanings

nounquinacrine (countable and uncountable, plural quinacrines)

countableuncountableA drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O.
‘He said the poor man must be suffering from malaria, and the next day he bought him a tube of quinacrine.’
1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 83
Synonyms: atabrine, atebrine, chinacrin, chinacrine, mepacrine

nounA drug with various applications, including as an antimalarial, having the chemical formula C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O.

nouna drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria

Similar

quinacrine hydrochloridemepacrine Atabrine

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