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quina

quina noun: quinine.

Noun

quina (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) quinine
    • In the frequent naval expeditions, on the coast of Africa, quina is in general use as a prophylactic, yet fevers, often of great severity, constantly occur.1871, Charles Frederick Oldham, What is Malaria?, page 66

Proper noun capitalized: Quina

Quina

  1. A variety of the Mousterian industry of the European Middle Palaeolithic, associated with Neanderthals and characterized by thick and wide flakes, often bearing cortex, with scaled stepped retouch.

Words formed from quina

Questions about quina

What does quina mean?
Quina means quinine.
What part of speech is quina?
Quina can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near quina in the dictionary

  1. quims
  2. quin
  3. quin-
  4. quin-zhee
  5. quin-zhees
  6. quina
  7. quinabactin
  8. Quinabigan
  9. quinacainol
  10. quinacetol
  11. quinacid

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