| slovo | definícia |
cinchona
(encz) | cinchona,chinin n: Zdeněk Brož |
cinchona
(encz) | cinchona,chinovník n: Zdeněk Brož |
cinchona
(gcide) | Peruvian \Pe*ru"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.]
Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or
an inhabitant of Peru.
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Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam.
Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species
of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy
for malarial diseases. This property is due to several
alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their
compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona.
See Cinchona.
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Cinchona
(gcide) | Cinchona \Cin*cho"na\, n. [So named from the wife of Count
Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by
its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her
return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of
this remedy.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in
Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the
East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
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2. (Med.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing
three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids;
Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
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cinchona
(wn) | cinchona
n 1: medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and
quinidine [syn: cinchona, cinchona bark, {Peruvian
bark}, Jesuit's bark]
2: any of several trees of the genus Cinchona [syn: cinchona,
chinchona] |
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cinchona bark
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cinchona tree
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Cinchona
(gcide) | Peruvian \Pe*ru"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]ruvien, Sp. peruviano.]
Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America. -- n. A native or
an inhabitant of Peru.
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Peruvian balsam. See Balsam of Peru, under Balsam.
Peruvian bark, the bitter bark of trees of various species
of Cinchona. It acts as a powerful tonic, and is a remedy
for malarial diseases. This property is due to several
alkaloids, as quinine, cinchonine, etc., and their
compounds; -- called also Jesuit's bark, and cinchona.
See Cinchona.
[1913 Webster]Cinchona \Cin*cho"na\, n. [So named from the wife of Count
Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by
its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her
return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of
this remedy.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in
Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the
East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.
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2. (Med.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing
three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids;
Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
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Cinchona Calisaya
(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.]
[1913 Webster]Calisaya bark \Cal`i*sa"ya bark\
A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the {Cinchona
Calisaya}, and other closely related species.
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Cinchonaceous
(gcide) | Cinchonaceous \Cin`cho*na"ceous\, a.
Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that
produce it.
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cinchona bark
(wn) | cinchona bark
n 1: medicinal bark of cinchona trees; source of quinine and
quinidine [syn: cinchona, cinchona bark, {Peruvian
bark}, Jesuit's bark] |
cinchona calisaya
(wn) | Cinchona calisaya
n 1: Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: calisaya,
Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana, {Cinchona
calisaya}] |
cinchona cordifolia
(wn) | Cinchona cordifolia
n 1: Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
[syn: Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, {Cinchona
lancifolia}] |
cinchona lancifolia
(wn) | Cinchona lancifolia
n 1: Colombian tree; source of Cartagena bark (a cinchona bark)
[syn: Cartagena bark, Cinchona cordifolia, {Cinchona
lancifolia}] |
cinchona ledgeriana
(wn) | Cinchona ledgeriana
n 1: Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: calisaya,
Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana, {Cinchona
calisaya}] |
cinchona officinalis
(wn) | Cinchona officinalis
n 1: Peruvian shrub or small tree having large glossy leaves and
cymes of fragrant yellow to green or red flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: calisaya,
Cinchona officinalis, Cinchona ledgeriana, {Cinchona
calisaya}] |
cinchona pubescens
(wn) | Cinchona pubescens
n 1: small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy
leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: cinchona tree,
Cinchona pubescens] |
cinchona tree
(wn) | cinchona tree
n 1: small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy
leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers;
cultivated for its medicinal bark [syn: cinchona tree,
Cinchona pubescens] |
genus cinchona
(wn) | genus Cinchona
n 1: large genus of trees of Andean region of South America
having medicinal bark [syn: genus Cinchona, {genus
Chinchona}] |
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