noun
- a synthetic antimalarial drug also used to treat certain parasitic infections
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed quinacrine to treat the patient’s malaria.
- Quinacrine was widely used during World War II as an antimalarial medication.
- The tropical medicine clinic keeps quinacrine in stock for parasitic infections.
- Researchers studied quinacrine’s effectiveness against drug-resistant malaria strains.
- The military issued quinacrine tablets to soldiers deployed in malaria-endemic regions.
- Side effects of quinacrine can include nausea and skin discoloration.