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.
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- 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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