Definition of chloroquine in English:
chloroquine
noun ˈklɒrə(ʊ)kwiːnˈklɔːrə(ʊ)kwiːnˈklôrəˌkwēn
mass nounMedicine A synthetic drug related to quinoline, used against malaria.
Example sentencesExamples
- Doctors treat malaria by using anti-malarial drugs, such as chloroquine or quinine.
- Quinine formed the basis for synthesising the commonly used antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and mefloquine.
- On the other side of the equation, one of the biggest reasons for the increasing incidence of malaria has been the growing resistance of the malaria parasite to the main anti-malarial drug, chloroquine.
- The situation is becoming more difficult because the most widely used antimalarial drug chloroquine is losing its effectiveness.
- The cheapest antimalarial drug, chloroquine, is rapidly losing its effectiveness in almost all countries where malaria is endemic.
Origin
1940s: from chloro- + quin(olin)e.