paludrine

English

Etymology

Blend of paludism +‎ mepacrine or atabrine.

Pronunciation

Noun

paludrine (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The antimalarial drug proguanil hydrochloride. [from 1944]
    • 1963, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, Penguin Classics (2010), page 123:
      ‘Yes, a slight touch of malaria.’
      ‘Why don’t you take paludrine?’
      ‘I sometimes forget.’

Descendants

  • → Spanish: paludrina
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