primaquine

[prahy-muh-kween]

pri·ma·quine

[prahy-muh-kween]
noun Pharmacology.
a viscous liquid, C15H21N3O, used in the treatment of malaria.

Origin:
1945–50; < Neo-Latin prīma prime + quin(olin)e
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primaquine (ˈpraɪməˌkwiːn)
 
n
a synthetic drug used in the treatment of malaria. Formula: C15H21N3O
 
[C20: from prima-, from Latin prīmus first + quin(olin)e]

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primaquine

synthetic drug used in the treatment of malaria, an infection caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of Anopheles mosquitoes. Introduced into medicine in the 1950s, primaquine is one of an important series of chemically related antimalarial agents, the quinoline derivatives. It is administered orally as primaquine phosphate.

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