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quinacrine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun quinacrine has 1 sense
- quinacrine(n = noun.artifact) atabrine, mepacrine, 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
quinacrine, n. an anti-malarial drug derived from acridine.
Etymology
quinine + acridine
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