primaquine

American

[prahy-muh-kween] / ˈpraɪ məˌkwin /

noun

Pharmacology.

a viscous liquid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria.

primaquine British

/ ˈpraɪməˌkwiːn /

noun

a synthetic drug used in the treatment of malaria. Formula: C 15 H 21 N 3 O

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Etymology

Origin of primaquine

1945–50; < New Latin prīma prime + quin(olin)e

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Along with this mass test, the Army doctors got a chance to work on the soldiers who had gone to Korea first and come home earlier, without primaquine treatment.

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U.S. servicemen take a weekly prophylactic tablet containing 300 mg. of chloroquine and 45 mg. of another antimalarial known as primaquine.

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But of 246 who got pamaquine as well as chloroquine, only one relapsed, and of 231 who got primaquine with chloroquine, none relapsed.

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This time their weapon was primaquine, developed in the laboratories of Columbia University.

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