(n) an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people, Syn.mefloquine hydrochloride, Mephaquine, Larium
(n) any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes, Syn.benzoquinone
‖n. [ Sp., shellfish, cockle. ] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Hydro-, 2 + quinone. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Nitro- + quine + -ol. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical nitro derivative of quinol or hydroquinone, not known in the free state, but forming a well defined series of derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Xylene + quinone. ] (Chem.) Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they are yellow crystalline substances. [ 1913 Webster ]
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