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noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
1.
a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, 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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Quinine
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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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