tacrine

tac·rine

noun \ˈta-ˌkrēn\

Definition of TACRINE

: an anticholinesterase C₁₃H₁₄N₂ used in the form of its hydrochloride especially for the palliative treatment of cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease

Origin of TACRINE

tetra- + acridine

First Known Use: 1965

Rhymes with TACRINE

Andine, arene, baleen, beguine, Benin, benzene, benzine, Bernstein, between, black bean, boreen, bovine, broad bean, buckbean, caffeine, canteen, carbine, careen, chlorine, chopine, chorine, citrine, codeine, colleen, convene, cotquean, cuisine, dasheen, dauphine, demean, demesne, dry-clean, dudeen, eighteen, Essene, e-zine, fanzine, fascine, fifteen, flavine, fluorine, fourteen, gamine, gangrene, glassine, gyrene, Hellene, hoatzin, horsebean, houseclean, khamsin, Ladin, lateen, latrine, Lublin, machine, malines, marine, moline, moreen, morphine, nankeen, naphthene, Nicene, nineteen, nongreen, obscene, offscreen, on-screen, patine, piscine, poteen, praline, preteen, pristine, propine, Rabin, ratteen, ravine, red bean, routine, saline, saltine, Salween, sardine, sateen, scalene, serene, shagreen, shebeen, siren, Sistine, sixteen, Slovene, snap bean, soybean, spalpeen, string bean, strychnine, subteen, sunscreen, Szczecin, takin, taurine, terrene, terrine, thirteen, Tolkien, tontine, tureen, umpteen, unclean, undine, unseen, vaccine, vitrine, wax bean, white bean, windscreen, yestreen, Yibin, zechin

tac·rine

noun \ˈtak-ˌrēn, -ˌrīn\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of TACRINE

: an anticholinesterase that is administered in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₃H₁₄N₂·HCl and is used especially in the palliative treatment of cognitive deficits in learning, memory, and mood associated with Alzheimer's disease—called also tetrahydroaminoacridine, THA; see cognex