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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: quinine
kina
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quinine
quinine
n : a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in
malaria therapy
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quinine
Quinine
\Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or
quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf.
Kinic.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of
cinchona (esp.
Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white
crystalline substance,
C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension
(Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate,
chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or
antiperiodic. Called also
quinia,
quinina, etc. [Written
also
chinine.]
[1913 Webster]
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