chloroquine

From chloro- +‎ -quine (“quinoline derivative”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔː.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/, /ˈklɒ.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/, /-kwɪn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwɪn/, /ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwin/
• Rhymes: -iːn, -ɪn
• Hyphenation: chlo‧ro‧quine

chloroquine (countable and uncountable, plural chloroquines)

1. (pharmacology) A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C₁₈H₂₆ClN₃.
   • 2024 December 11, John Timmer, “New congressional report: “COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory””, in Ars Technica‎^[1]:

     Perhaps the most egregious example of shifting the standards of evidence comes when the report discusses the off-label use of drugs such as chloroquine and ivermectin.

• CQ (abbreviation)

• amebicide
• antiamoebic
• antimalarial

• chloroquine hydrochloride
• chloroquine phosphate

• “chloroquine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “chloroquine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.