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cinchonise

cinchonise is the alternative spelling of cinchonize.

Meaning of cinchonize

Verb

cinchonize (third-person singular simple present cinchonizes, present participle cinchonizing, simple past and past participle cinchonized)

  1. (transitive) To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or cinchona.
    • Its taste is very faint (though it is very readily brought out by acids), and it usually cinchonizes very promptly in sufficient doses.1892, Hobart Amory Hare, “Malarial Diseases”, in A System of Practical Therapeutics: Fevers

Forms of cinchonise

third-person singular presentcinchonises
present participlecinchonising
past participlecinchonised
pastcinchonised

Origin of cinchonise

From cinchona + -ise.

Questions about cinchonise

What is cinchonise the alternative spelling of?
Cinchonise is the alternative spelling of cinchonize.

Words near cinchonise in the dictionary

  1. cinchonine
  2. cinchonines
  3. cinchoninic
  4. cinchoninium
  5. cinchonisation
  6. cinchonise
  7. cinchonised
  8. cinchonises
  9. cinchonising
  10. cinchonism
  11. cinchonisms

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