chloroquine

English

Molecular structure of chloroquine

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔː.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/, /ˈklɒ.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/, /-kwɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwɪn/, /ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwin/

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• CQ (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• amebicide
• antiamoebic
• antimalarial

Hyponyms

• chloroquine hydrochloride
• chloroquine phosphate

Derived terms

• chloroquine hydrochloride
• chloroquine phosphate
• CQ (“abbreviation”)
• desethylchloroquine
• ferrochloroquine
• hydroxychloroquine

Translations

4-aminoquinoline drug

• Arabic: ْكْلُورُوكِين (klūrūkīn)
• Catalan: cloroquina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氯奎 (lǜkuí)

• Corsican: cloruchina f
• Finnish: klorokiini (fi)
• French: chloroquine (fr) f
• Greek: χλωροκίνη (el) f (chlorokíni)
• Italian: clorochina f
• Occitan: cloroquina f
• Portuguese: cloroquina (pt) f
• Russian: хлорохи́н (ru) m (xloroxín)
• Spanish: cloroquina f

References

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