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CHLOROQUINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chloroquine" is a kind of...):

antimalarial; antimalarial drug (a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria)

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 Context examples: 

The hydrochloride salt of chloroquine, a synthetic quinoline with antimalarial and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Chloroquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the mechanism of action is not fully understood, chloroquine is shown to inhibit the parasitic enzyme heme polymerase that converts the toxic heme into non-toxic hemazoin, thereby resulting in the accumulation of toxic heme within the parasite.

(Chloroquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)