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cinchonize

cinchonize verb: to produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or cinchona.

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 cinchonize

third-person singular presentcinchonizes
present participlecinchonizing
past participlecinchonized
pastcinchonized

Origin of cinchonize

From cinchona + -ize.

Words formed from cinchonize

Questions about cinchonize

What does cinchonize mean?
Cinchonize means to produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or cinchona.
What part of speech is cinchonize?
Cinchonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of cinchonize?
The past tense of cinchonize is cinchonized.

Words near cinchonize in the dictionary

  1. cinchonises
  2. cinchonising
  3. cinchonism
  4. cinchonisms
  5. cinchonization
  6. cinchonize
  7. cinchonized
  8. cinchonizes
  9. cinchonizing
  10. cinchonology
  11. cinchophen

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