mepacrine

/ (ˈmɛpəkrɪn) /

noun

British a drug, mepacrine dihydrochloride, one of the first synthetic substitutes for quinine, formerly widely used to treat malaria but now largely replaced by chloroquine. Formula: C 23 H 30 ClN 3 O.2HCl.2H 2 O US name: quinacrine

Word Origin for mepacrine

C20: from me ( thyl) + pa ( ludism + a) cr ( id) ine