mepacrine

British

/ ˈmɛpəkrɪn /

noun

US name: quinacrine. 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

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Etymology

Origin of mepacrine

C20: from _me ( _thyl ) + _pa ( _ludism + _a ) _cr ( _id ) _ine

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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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