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Noun: chloroquine
  1. An antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
    "Travelers to malaria-endemic regions were prescribed chloroquine as a preventive measure"

Derived forms: chloroquines

Type of: antimalarial, antimalarial drug

Encyclopedia: Chloroquine