noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈklɔː.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈklɒ.ɹə(ʊ).kwiːn/
Received-Pronunciation:/-kwɪn/
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General-American:/ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwɪn/
General-American:/ˈklɔɹ.əˌkwin/
rhymes with -iːn
rhymes with -ɪn
1
noun
Meaning 1
A 4-aminoquinoline drug used to treat and prevent malaria, having the chemical formula C18H26ClN3.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an antimalarial drug used to treat malaria and amebic dysentery and systemic lupus erythematosus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: antimalarial, antimalarial drug
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhelh3- Proto-Hellenic *khlōrós Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós) English chloro- English -quine English chloroquine From chloro- + -quine (“quinoline derivative”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
ْكْلُورُوكِين
(klūrūkīn)
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Catalan:
cloroquina
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Chinese Mandarin:
氯奎
(lǜkuí)
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Corsican:
cloruchina
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Finnish:
klorokiini
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
French:
chloroquine
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Greek:
χλωροκίνη
(chlorokíni)
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Italian:
clorochina
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Occitan:
cloroquina
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Portuguese:
cloroquina
— 4-aminoquinoline drug
Russian:
хлорохи́н
(xloroxín)
— 4-aminoquinoline drug