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Meaning of "chloroquine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHLOROQUINE

From chloro- + quin(oline).
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PRONUNCIATION OF CHLOROQUINE

chloroquine  [ˈklɔːrəʊˌkwiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHLOROQUINE

noun
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verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chloroquine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHLOROQUINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

chloroquine

Chloroquine

Chloroquine /ˈklɔrəkwɪn/ is a 4-aminoquinoline drug used in the treatment or prevention of malaria.

Definition of chloroquine in the English dictionary

The definition of chloroquine in the dictionary is a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHLOROQUINE


atween
əˈtwiːn
between
bɪˈtwiːn
cotquean
ˈkɒtˌkwiːn
McQueen
məˈkwiːn
mefloquine
ˈmɛfləʊˌkwiːn
misween
ˌmɪsˈwiːn
overween
ˌəʊvəˈwiːn
primaquine
ˈpraɪməˌkwiːn
quean
kwiːn
queen
kwiːn
Salween
ˈsælwiːn
totaquine
ˈtəʊtəˌkwiːn
unqueen
ʌnˈkwiːn
wean
wiːn
ween
wiːn
wheen
wiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHLOROQUINE

chlorometer
chloromethane
chlorometric
chlorometry
Chloromycetin
chlorophyl
chlorophyll
chlorophylloid
chlorophyllous
chlorophytum
chloropicrin
chloroplast
chloroplastic
chloroprene
chloroquin
chlorosis
chlorothiazide
chlorotic
chlorous
chlorous acid

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHLOROQUINE

anguine
basquine
beguine
consanguine
ensanguine
equine
exsanguine
genuine
linguine
oversanguine
quine
sanguine
ungenuine

Synonyms and antonyms of chloroquine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chloroquine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHLOROQUINE

Find out the translation of chloroquine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chloroquine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chloroquine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

氯喹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cloroquina
570 millions of speakers

English

chloroquine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्लोरोक्वीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكلوروكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хлорохин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cloroquina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্লোরোকুইন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chloroquine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chloroquine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chloroquin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クロロキン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

클로로퀸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chloroquine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chloroquine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குளோரோகுயினை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लोरोक्वाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

klorokin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clorochina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chlorochina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хлорохин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clorochina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χλωροκίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

chlorokien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klorokin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klorokin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chloroquine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHLOROQUINE»

The term «chloroquine» is regularly used and occupies the 79.399 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHLOROQUINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «chloroquine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «chloroquine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chloroquine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHLOROQUINE»

Discover the use of chloroquine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chloroquine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Principles of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of ...
Historically, chloroquine has been the drug of choice for prophylaxis and treatment of individuals with P. falciparum malaria. Unfortunately, P. falciparum is now resistant to chloroquine in most areas of the world (blue shading). In many areas ...
David E. Golan, Armen H. Tashjian, Ehrin J. Armstrong, 2011
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Travelers' Malaria
PARASITE RESISTANCE TO CHLOROQUINE The resistance gradient of plasmodia to antimalaria drugs is conventionally characterized as S (sensitive), RI resistance (low-level resistance), R2 resistance (intermediate-level resistance) , and ...
Patricia Schlagenhauf-Lawlor, 2008
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Encyclopedia of Parasitology: A-M
with significant amoebicidal activity are chloroquine/ dehydroemetine or chloroquine/diloxanide furamide. As antimalarial drug chloroquine is mostly used as a diphosphate salt. It is effective against all four human malaria parasites. Thus ...
Heinz Mehlhorn, 2008
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The Antimicrobial Drugs
resistance to chloroquine renders the parasites more sensitive to the quinolinemethanols.125 PI-IARMACOKINETICS OF CHLOROQUINE. Chloroquine and amodiaquine are both absorbed rapidly from the gastrointestinal tract. When given ...
Eric M. Scholar Associate Professor of Pharmacology University of Nebraska College of Medicine, William B. Pratt Professor of Pharmacology University of Michigan Medical School, 2000
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Bioactive Natural Products: Detection, Isolation, and ...
19.5.3.5 Resistance-Modulating Alkaloids The ability of verapamil to reverse the resistance of P. falciparum to chloroquine has opened a new field of investigation for synthetic and natural products modulating antimalarial drug resistance.126 ...
Steven M. Colegate, Russell J. Molyneux, 2007
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Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation: Handbook of ...
2.6.25 Chloroquine Pharmacology and toxicology. Chloroquine, an antimalarial drug from the 4-aminochinoline group, is a rapidly-acting blood schizonticide. destroying the asexual blood forms of all plas- modium species. Chloroquine ...
Christof Schaefer, 2001
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Clinical Infectious Diseases: A Practical Approach
Chloroquine phosphate This is a 4-aminoquinolone used primarily for treatment and prophylaxis of Plasmodium vivax, P. malaria, P. ovale, and sensitive strains of P. falciparum (now limited to a few geographic areas). Chloroquine can be ...
Richard K. Root, 1999
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Molecular Basis of Drug Design and Resistance
between 1960 and 1962 the US International Cooperation Administration bought and distributed some 300 million tablets of chloroquine (Coatney, 1963). Since the 1960s, however, the development and rapid spread of resistance to this drug  ...
Leslie H. Chappell, Graham H. Coombs, S. L. Croft, 1997
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ABC Transporters and Multidrug Resistance
Many molecules, related or not to MDR mechanisms, have already shown a capacity to modulate in vitro the chloroquine response on chloroquine-resistant strains without any change on chloroquine-susceptible strains. There are calcium  ...
Ahcène Boumendjel, Jean Boutonnat, Jacques Robert, 2009
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Antimicrobial Drug Resistance: Mechanisms of Drug ...
during in vitro culture and its relationship to chloroquine resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1985) 27, 561–564. 31. Geary TG, Jensen JB, Ginsburg H. Uptake of [3H]-chloroquine by drug-sensitive and resistant strains of the human ...
Douglas Mayers, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHLOROQUINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chloroquine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Plaquenil Benefits Fetus in Lupus Pregnancy
No malformations were observed in the hydroxychloroquine group, and although chloroquine has been associated with teratogenic effects in ... «MedPage Today, Jul 15»
2
A ray of hope for Parkinson's disease
... Singapore and Prof Kwang-Soo Kim from Harvard Medical School has identified two Nurr1 agonists (chloroquine and amodiaquine) among ... «Biotechin.Asia, Jul 15»
3
Resistance of infection by Plasmodium vivax to chloroquine in Bolivia
Chloroquine (CQ) over three days plus primaquine (PQ) for seven days is the treatment of choice of infections by Plasmodium vivax in Bolivia, ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
4
Rheumatoid Arthritis Market – Global Industry Analysis and Forecast …
The DMARDs includes chloroquine, gold salts, penicillamine, and cyclosporine. The biological agents include TNF-α and interleukin-1 ... «Medgadget.com, Jun 15»
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New Drug Squashes Cancer's Last-Ditch Efforts to Survive
Comparing equivalent concentrations of the lysosomal drug chloroquine with SBI-0206965, in combination mTOR inhibitors, the scientists ... «Lab Manager | News, Jun 15»
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Cholera claims more lives in Ebonyi
... deaths and distributed drugs that included oral rehydration solutions, sanitizers for water purification and chloroquine to the residents to stem ... «Daily Trust, Jun 15»
7
Lessons on Peacekeeping and Public Health from the Haitian …
For a preview of the consequences of losing an effective and affordable drug, look to the spread of chloroquine-resistant malaria, which ... «Foreign Affairs, Jun 15»
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Backlash - Let's Move Beyond Jonathan
After all, ACT (Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy) was adopted when malaria became resistant to chloroquine. This is another beautiful ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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Optimization of a multi-well colorimetric assay to determine haem …
The activity of several well-known anti-malarials, including chloroquine (CQ), is attributed to their ability to inhibit the formation of haemozoin ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
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Ex vivo anti-malarial drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum …
Results: The prevalence of resistant isolates was 23.5% for chloroquine, 9.2% for mefloquine, 8.0% for monodesethylamodiaquine, and 4.4% ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Chloroquine [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chloroquine>. Apr 2024 ».
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