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chloroquine definition

chloro·quine (klôr′ə kwin)

noun

a synthetic drug, CHClN, used in treating malaria, certain kinds of arthritis, etc.

Etymology: < chloro- + quin(olin)e

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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