quinine
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naɪn, ˈkwɪn noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
1.
a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C 2 0 H 2 4 N 2 O 2 , having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria.
2.
a salt of this alkaloid, especially the sulfate.
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| a bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark, the salts of which are used as a tonic, antipyretic, analgesic, etc, and in malaria therapy. Formula: C20H24N2O2 | |
| [C19: from Spanish quina cinchona bark, from Quechua kina bark] | |
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Word Origin & History
quinine
1826, from Sp. quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina.
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Medical Dictionary
quinine qui·nine (kwī'nīn')
n.
A bitter colorless amorphous powder or crystalline alkaloid derived from certain cinchona barks and used to treat malaria.
Any of various compounds or salts of quinine.
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Science Dictionary
| quinine (kwī'nīn') Pronunciation Key
A bitter-tasting, colorless drug derived from the bark of certain cinchona trees and used medicinally to treat malaria. For hundreds of years quinine was the only drug known to effectively combat malarial infection. It has since been largely replaced by synthetic compounds that not only relieve the symptoms of malaria but also rid the body of the malarial parasite, which quinine does not do. See Note at aspirin. |
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Example sentences
The medicine from the bark is now known as the antimalarial, quinine.
However, there are clearly genetic influences at work, as well-for example in the ability to taste quinine.
Most of the party had malaria, and could be kept going only by large doses of quinine.
The combination of the quinine manufacturers of the world is broken and prices for the drug have reached a lower level.
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