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quinine
(encz) | quinine,chinin n: mamm |
Quinine
(gcide) | Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or
quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf.
Kinic.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white
crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension
(Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. [Written
also chinine.]
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quinine
(wn) | quinine
n 1: a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in
malaria therapy |
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quinine
(encz) | quinine,chinin n: mamm |
quinine water
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wild quinine
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Iodoquinine
(gcide) | Iodoquinine \I`o*do*qui"nine\, n. [Iodo- + quinine.] (Chem.)
A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance,. It is the
base of herapathite. See Herapathite.
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quinine
(wn) | quinine
n 1: a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in
malaria therapy |
quinine water
(wn) | quinine water
n 1: lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
[syn: tonic, tonic water, quinine water] |
wild quinine
(wn) | wild quinine
n 1: stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with
whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba
Indians to treat burns [syn: American feverfew, {wild
quinine}, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium] |
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