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Noun
/ˈklôrəˌkwēn/,
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A synthetic drug related to quinoline, chiefly used against malaria,
  1. A synthetic drug related to quinoline, chiefly used against malaria

  1. an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
  2. Chloroquine is a 4-aminoquinoline drug used in the treatment or prevention of malaria.
  3. A drug used against malaria for both prevention and treatment. A very safe and inexpensive drug, its value has been compromised by the emergence of chloroquine-resistant malaria parasites.
  4. An anti-malarial drug that been used extensively for the treatment and prevention of malaria. Widespread resistance has now rendered it ineffective against P. falciparum infections in most parts of the world, although it still maintains considerable efficacy for the treatment of P. vivax, P. ...
  5. This antimalarial drug was first used in the 1940s, until the first evidence of quinine resistance appeared in the 1960s. It is now ineffective against falciparum malaria almost everywhere. However, because it is inexpensive, it is still the antimalarial drug most widely used in Africa. ...
  6. An antimalaria drug used to treat some forms of skin disease and allergic reactions to light. Used in some cutaneous forms of porphyria.
  7. (in  chloroquine (drug))