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Meaning of "Paludrine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PALUDRINE

Paludrine  [ˈpæljʊdrɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALUDRINE

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Paludrine 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 PALUDRINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proguanil

Proguanil is a prophylactic antimalarial drug. When taken, it is converted to the active metabolite cycloguanil. Proguanil is effective against sporozoites. Proguanil hydrochloride is marketed as Paludrine by AstraZeneca. It has been used for malarial prophylaxis in children with sickle cell disease living in malaria-endemic areas for many years. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

Definition of Paludrine in the English dictionary

The definition of Paludrine in the dictionary is ® proguanil hydrochloride, a synthetic antimalarial drug first produced in 1944.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALUDRINE


aldrin
ˈɔːldrɪn
bredren
ˈbrɛdrɪn
bredrin
ˈbrɛdrɪn
chlorohydrin
ˌklɔːrəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
chondrin
ˈkɒndrɪn
cyanohydrin
ˌsaɪənəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
dieldrin
ˈdiːldrɪn
Drin
drɪn
endrin
ˈɛndrɪn
ephedrin
ɪˈfɛdrɪn
ephedrine
ɪˈfɛdrɪn
epichlorohydrin
ˌɛpɪˌklɔːrəʊˈhaɪdrɪn
ninhydrin
nɪnˈhaɪdrɪn
salamandrine
ˌsæləˈmændrɪn
Sanhedrin
ˈsænɪdrɪn
speldrin
ˈspɛldrɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALUDRINE

Paltrow

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALUDRINE

Alexandrine
Benzedrine
Catherine
cedrine
Dexedrine
doctrine
exocrine
figurine
Katherine
marine
methedrine
poitrine
pseudoephedrine
scolopendrine
shrine
submarine
tangerine
urine
vitrine
wolverine

Synonyms and antonyms of Paludrine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Paludrine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALUDRINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

Paludrine
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Paludrine
570 millions of speakers

English

Paludrine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Paludrine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Paludrine
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Paludrine
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Paludrine
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Paludrine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

paludrine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paludrine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paludrine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Paludrine
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Paludrine
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paludrine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Paludrine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Paludrine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Paludrine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paludrine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Paludrine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Paludrine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Paludrine
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Paludrine
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Paludrine
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Paludrine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Paludrine
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Paludrine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Paludrine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALUDRINE»

The term «Paludrine» is used very little and occupies the 152.679 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALUDRINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Paludrine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Paludrine» 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 Paludrine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALUDRINE»

Discover the use of Paludrine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Paludrine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Antimicrobial Drugs: Chronicle of a Twentieth Century ...
With commendable speed, M4888, now called Paludrine (generic name proguanil; chlorguanide in the United States) was being tested as a chemoprophylactic agent in Fairley's unit in Cairns by April 1945, while Alfred Adams and Brian ...
David Greenwood, 2008
2
Scientifica Assessment Resource Bank 8
Louise Petheram. End of Unit Test 3-5 Continued.. c) Here are some instructions for taking drugs in order to prevent catching malaria. There are two drugs called Avloclor and Paludrine which are taken together. Two tablets weekly Two tablets  ...
Louise Petheram, 2005
3
An Environmental History of Postcolonial North India: The ...
The first step in anti-malaria operation consisted of the field testing of two new anti-malaria drugs: mepacrine and paludrine in the Nainital tarai. This testing was sponsored by the Malaria Institute of India but it did not result in a clear conclusion ...
Eric A. Strahorn, 2009
4
Markets of Well-being: Navigating Health and Healing in Africa
quinine.24 In Kenya, paludrine field trials started in November 1946 on the Buret Tea Estate in Kericho and in a Kisumu jail to observe its prophylactic value compared with mepacrine.25 By the end of the experiment, paludrine had failed to ...
Marleen Dekker, Rijk van Dijk, 2010
5
African Adventurer's Guide to Botswana
This tablet regime should be accompanied by two Paludrine (active ingredient Proguanil) a day. Doses can be suitably reduced for children. Malaria resistant to Chloroquine has been reported in Botswana. It is for this reason that Paludrine is  ...
Michael Main, 2001
6
McQs in Travel and Tropical Medicine
In the mosquito paludrine prevents the development of ingested gametocytes. There are conflicting reports in the literature concerning the efficacy ofproguanil alone in preventingfalciparum malaria with some RCTs showing it to be very ...
Dom Colbert, 2009
7
New Scientist
The war against malaria Sir, — In Mr. Calder's article, The War Against Malaria ( 10 April), the comment is made on Mepacrine and " Paludrine " that " they are, however, rich man's medicine." Whilst it is appreciated that the purpose of the ...
8
Markell and Voge's Medical Parasitology
Paludrine is not available commer- cially in the United States but may be obtained in Canada and many European and African countries. It is used extensively in East Africa. The suppressive dose for adults is 200 mg daily, continued for 4 ...
David T. John, William A. Petri Jr., 2013
9
Synthetic Organic Chemistry: (For Honours & Post-Graduate ...
O. P. Agarwal. CHt I NH.CHtCHahNEt. ▻ I II I I c/\/\N/\c/ "w H . Azacrino It is more effective than quinacrine. § 2-lld. Pyrrolidine and Biguanide Derivatives. (I) Paludrine. (proguanil, chloroguanide, or Nl-p-chlorophenyl* N'-tsopropyl biguanide).
O. P. Agarwal
10
Bulletin
It has advantages, perhaps, over paludrine, in vivax infections, because with paludrine - or chloroguanide, as it is known in this country - drug resistant strains develop rapidly. One advantage, however, which paludrine has over chloroquine is ...
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, 1949

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALUDRINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Paludrine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dr Le Fanu's online health clinic, Friday 20th June 2014
I now take Paludrine tablets (from a Paludrine/Avloclor anti-malarial travel pack) as they are easy to obtain and have a reasonably long life, but ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
2
Jungle ambush: 'We got into this cutting and all hell broke loose'
“We had a lanyard they used to give us with the uniform with Paludrine (proguanil) tablets for anti-malaria. They happened to be yellow, these ... «Londonderry Today, Oct 13»
3
Warning: This Pill May Be Dangerous to Your Health
I opted instead for the fallible combination of cholorquine and paludrine, a drug cocktail that the world's mosquitoes had long grown resistant to. «New York Times, Aug 13»
4
10 AIM stocks for your ISA
... with some opportunities at an advanced stage. Its recent acquisitions include the anti-malarial drug brands Paludrine, Avloclor and Savarine ... «Interactive Investor, Aug 13»
5
Travel health advice for babymooners
There is a lot of experience of using Chloroquine and Paludrine in pregnancy; although this is better than nothing, it does not give the same ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 13»
6
Alliance Pharma continues down acquisition path by adding Opus to …
Its first acquisition of 2012 came back in August when it bought the antimalarial brands of Paludrine, Avloclor and Savarine from AstraZeneca. «GrowthBusiness.co.uk, Oct 12»
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Alliance Pharma leaps into Europe after securing three AstraZeneca …
Alliance's wholly owned subsidiary Alliance Pharmaceuticals will sell Paludrine, Avloclor and Savarine, mainly in the UK and France, after ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Aug 12»
8
Malaria: The holiday bug with a lethal sting
Chloroquine and Paludrine are generally taken together, but are losing their efficacy in Africa. On prescription, Lariam varies in effectiveness, ... «Independent, Jul 09»
9
Ray's world
I remember an ad for Paludrine (a medicine); it was a series. They were enormous ads, just in illustration—showing in great detail the interiors ... «Livemint, May 09»
10
Raising children in Africa: Every day is an adventure
We popped a quarter of a crushed tablet of Paludrine into her mouth every day and prayed she would not get malaria. During frequent power ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 09»

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