quinine

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/kwɪˈniːn/ English

Definitions

noun

A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.

Related words

Synonyms

tannate bisulfate bisulphate hydrochlorate dihydrochloride quinina quinin quinidine quinia quinetum quinicrine quininization quinizine quinidamine totaquina quinopyrin

Associated

cinchona colchicine strychnine digitalis aniline malaria tincture tonic prophylactic alkaloid hydrochloride prophylaxis

Rhymes

saccharine malign asinine byzantine benign supine whine decline line fine

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