pentaquine

pentaquine
pentaquine [pen′tə kwēn΄, pen′təkwin]
n.
PENTA- + QUIN(OLIN)E
a synthetic antimalarial drug, C18H27N3O, used chiefly in the form of its phosphate

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pen·ta·quine (pĕnʹtə-kwēn', -kwĭn) also pen·ta·quin (-kwĭn) n.
A synthetic drug, C18H27N3O, used with quinine in the prevention or treatment of malaria.
  [penta- + quinoline.]

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Universalium. 2010.

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