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quinine [kwɪˈniːn (US) ˈkwaɪnaɪn] n (Medicine / Pharmacology) 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 [from Spanish quina cinchona bark, from Quechua kina bark]
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Translations quinine n → Chinin nt n quinine [ˈkwiniːn, (American ) ˈkwainain] a bitter-tasting drug got from the bark of a type of tree, used as a medicine, especially for malaria. kinien كينين: دَواء مُر ضِد المَلاريا хинин chinin kinin das Chinin κινίνο quinina hiniin کنین kiniini quinine כִינִין कुनैन kinin kinin kina kínín chinino キニーネ 퀴닌, 키니네 chininas hinīns kuinina kinine kinin chinina quinino chinină хинин chinín kinin kinin kinin สารอัลคาลอยด์ชนิดหนึ่งจากเปลือกต้น cinchona kinin (專治瘧疾的)奎寧 хінін ایک الکلائڈ جو سنکونا کی چھال میں پائی جاتی ہے ، کونین thuốc ký ninh 奎宁片(药) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| How- ever, there was the quinine against the fever. "Now if I don't get the fever," he said aloud, and at the same moment resolved to go to taking quinine as soon as he was strong enough to dare. He shared breakfast with Skipper, who, instead of eating, washed down with a cup of coffee fifty grains of quinine wrapped in a cigarette paper, and who complained to the mate that he would have to get under the blankets and sweat out the fever that was attacking him. |
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