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quinacrine hydrochloride

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[quin– + acr(id)ine.]

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hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. anthelminthic
  2. anthelmintic
  3. antimalarial
  4. antimalarial drug
  5. helminthic
  6. vermifuge

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