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mepacrine

/ ˈmɛpəkrɪn /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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M.E.P.A.meperidine