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mepacrine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mepacrine has 1 sense
- mepacrine(n = noun.artifact) atabrine, quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride - a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria; Array is a kind of antimalarial, antimalarial drug, anthelminthic, anthelmintic, helminthic, vermifuge
CIDE DICTIONARY
mepacrine, n.
Quinacrine, a drug once used to treat malaria; Atabrine is a trademark. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mepacrine, n. Brit. quinacrine.
Etymology
methyl + paludism (malaria) + acrid ine
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