Quinine

Quick meaning: Quinine is a noun meaning (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.

Meaning

(transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.

More Meanings

1. (pharmacology) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.

Example Sentences

The quinine, being more potent than cinchonine, is generally preferred.

Quinine, taken in the evening, is considered by the Persians as an aphrodisiac aid.

The alkali of yellow bark may be distinguished from cinchonine by the name of quinine.

He hadn't the faintest idea what to do with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.

Word Forms

• quinines
• quinining
• quinined

Synonyms for quinine

Depending on context, synonyms include quininize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tannate, bisulfate, bisulphate, hydrochlorate, dihydrochloride, quinina.

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