Chloroquine

/ˈklɔːroʊkwiːn/ noun

A drug used to treat and prevent malaria and certain autoimmune diseases, which works by interfering with parasites and suppressing immune responses.

From chloro- (chlorine) plus -quine (from quinine, the older malaria drug), indicating a synthetic version that includes chlorine.

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