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mepacrine

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmɛpəkrɪn/

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mepacrine /ˈmɛpəkrɪn/ n

Brit 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: C₂₃H₃₀ClN₃O.2HCl.2H₂O

Etymology: 20th Century: from me( thyl) + pa( ludism + a) cr( id) ine

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