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mepacrine
/ ˈmɛpəkrɪn /
noun
- a drug, mepacrine dihydrochloride, one of the first synthetic substitutes for quinine, formerly widely used to treat malaria but now largely replaced by chloroquine. Formula: C 23 H 30 ClN 3 O.2HCl.2H 2 O US namequinacrine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mepacrine1
C20: from me ( thyl ) + pa ( ludism + a ) cr ( id ) ine
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