Definition of Paludrine in English:
Paludrine
noun ˈpal(j)ʊdrɪnˈpal(j)ʊdriːn
mass nountrademark in UK another term for proguanil
Example sentencesExamples
- He can - and will - tell you how many times he vomited on a night bus in Laos, or about the occasion when he didn't know whether to squat or kneel after an attack of Delhi belly, or the best type of food to mix with Paludrine and Imodium tablets.
- In South-East Asia or Africa, we tend to use things called Mefloquine or Doxycycline or we can use a combination of Chloroquine and Paludrine.
- Various quinine-related drugs were introduced in the 1940s, such as proguanil (Paludrine) and chloroquine, which could be synthesised on a commercial scale.
Origin
1940s: from Latin palus, palud- 'marsh' + -rine, on the pattern of Atabrine and mepacrine.