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quinine

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qui·nine  (kwnn)
n.
1. A bitter, colorless, amorphous powder or crystalline alkaloid, C20H24N2O2·3H2O, derived from certain cinchona barks and used in medicine to treat malaria.
2. Any of various compounds or salts of quinine.

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]

quinine  (kwnn)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.quininequinine - a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
antimalarial, antimalarial drug - a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria
quinine water, tonic, tonic water - lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Translations
quinine [kwɪˈniːn] Nquinina f

quinine [kwɪˈniːn] nquinine f

quinine
nChinin nt

quinine [kwɪˈniːn] nchinino
quinine [kwɪˈniːn] nchinino

quinine
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


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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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