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cin⋅cho⋅nine

  [sing-kuh-neen, -nin, sin-]
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–noun Pharmacology.
a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C19H22N2O, a stereoisomer of cinchonidine, obtained from the bark of various species of cinchona and used chiefly as a quinine substitute.
Origin:
1815–25; cinchon(a) + -ine 2
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cin·cho·nine   (sĭng'kə-nēn', sĭn'chə-)   
n.  An alkaloid, C19H22N2O, derived from the bark of various cinchona trees and used as an antimalarial agent.

[cinchon(a) + -ine2.]
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Main Entry: cin·cho·nine
Pronunciation: 'si[ng]-k&-"nEn, 'sin-ch&-
Function: noun
: a bitter white crystalline alkaloidC19H22N2O found especially in cinchona bark and used like quinine
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cinchonine cin·cho·nine (sĭng'kə-nēn', sĭn'chə-)
n.
An alkaloid derived from the bark of various cinchona trees and used as an antimalarial agent.

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