pamaquine
- noun
- Specialized
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pamaquina
- Between the two world wars, the Germans developed an antimalarial drug, pamaquine, and put it to use during World War II.
Examples
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The newer suppressive compounds belonged to a drug chain named the 4-aminoquinolines that were closely related to plasmochin (a tradename for pamaquine, a slightly toxic antimalarial).
Academic text (1994) -
British Army forces conducted therapeutic trials in England, West Africa, and Southeast Command, comparing quinine, atabrine (which the British called mepacrine), and plasmochin (which they called pamaquine).
Academic text (1994) -
Some new curative compounds in a series called the 8-aminoquinolines, which were related to the British drug pamaquine, received trials in prisons before the war ended, but not in armed forces' installations.
Academic text (1994) -
pamaquine is a synthetic drug used to treat malaria caused by certain parasites.
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Doctors prescribed pamaquine to eliminate the relapsing form of malaria in the patient.
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The use of pamaquine has been effective in reducing malaria cases in endemic regions.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pamaquine ends with -quine, the same ending as quinine, the old malaria medicine that came from tree bark. So a helpful way to remember pamaquine is that, like quinine, it is a drug used to fight malaria.
