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chinine

chinine is the obsolete form of quinine.

Meaning of quinine

Noun

quinine (countable and uncountable, plural quinines)

  1. 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.
    • The alkali of yellow bark may be distinguished from cinchonine by the name of quinine.1821, The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts, volume 10

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Questions about chinine

What is chinine the obsolete form of?
Chinine is the obsolete form of quinine.

Words near chinine in the dictionary

  1. Chinians
  2. chinic
  3. chinic acid
  4. chinilpa
  5. chinin
  6. chinine
  7. chining
  8. chiniofon
  9. Chiniot
  10. Chiniqua
  11. chiniquodontid

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