iodoquinol

Drug used as an amebicide prepared by the action of iodine monochloride on 8-hydroxyquinoline.

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io·do·quin·ol ī-.ō-də-'kwin-.ȯl, -.ä-, -.ōl n a drug C₉H₅I₂NO used esp. in the treatment of amebic dysentery called also diiodohydroxyquin, diiodohydroxyquinoline

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io·do·quin·ol (i-o″do-kwinґol) [USP] an amebicide used in the treatment of amebic dysentery, administered orally. It has also been used topically in fungal and bacterial skin infections and in seborrheic dermatitis, usually in conjunction with a corticosteroid. Called also diiodohydroxyquin.