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qui⋅noi⋅dine

[kwi-noi-deen, -din]
–noun Pharmacology.
a brownish-black, resinous substance consisting of a mixture of alkaloids, obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of quinine and formerly used as a cheap substitute for it.

Origin:
1835–45; quin(ine) + -oid + -ine 2
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qui·noi·dine   (kwĭ-noi'dēn', -dĭn)   
n.  A brownish-black mixture of alkaloids remaining after extraction of crystalline alkaloids from cinchona bark, used as a quinine substitute.
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quinoidine qui·noi·dine (kwĭ-noi'dēn', -dĭn)
n.
A brownish-black mixture of alkaloids remaining after extraction of crystalline alkaloids from cinchona bark, used as a quinine substitute.

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