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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mepacrine¹

C20: from me ( thyl ) + pa ( ludism + a ) cr ( id ) ine

Example Sentences

Once, when Sir Winston was planning to join General Alexander's army in southern Italy, Moran demanded that he take along a bottle of mepacrine, an antimalarial drug.

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