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Definition of Atabrine
1. Noun. A drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria.
Generic synonyms: Antimalarial, Antimalarial Drug, Anthelminthic, Anthelmintic, Helminthic, Vermifuge
Language type: Trade Name
Definition of Atabrine
1. Noun. Category:en:DrugsA trade name of the drug quinacrine ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atabrine
1. a drug to treat malaria [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atabrine
Literary usage of Atabrine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, 1942, recommends the following
treatment: (1) Do NOT give quinine or atabrine until convalescence from the attack ..."
2. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"The atabrine treatment that he was still following had given him the ... I've
got about two thousand atabrine pills with me and I'm going to take them ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... consisting of plasma and glucose (200 mg per 100 ml of plasma), pH 7.4, was
added to 1 ml of quinacrine in Krebs CH30| Quinacrine (Atabrine) solution. ..."
4. Condition Red: Marine Defense Battalions in World War II by Charles D. Melson (1996)
"... an 1ST approaching Cape Gloucester, New Britain, is poised to fire on Japanese
aircraft. back in the United States: "Atabrine — Good to the last drop. ..."
5. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"... the introduction of Atabrine (quinacrine) in 1943-1944, after which prophylaxis
became a possibility. Prevention was limited to personal countermeasures ..."
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