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quinology

quinology noun: the science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.

Noun

quinology (uncountable)

  1. The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.

Origin of quinology

From quinine + -ology.

Questions about quinology

What does quinology mean?
Quinology means the science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
What part of speech is quinology?
Quinology is a noun.

Words near quinology in the dictionary

  1. quinolizinone
  2. quinolizinones
  3. quinological
  4. quinologist
  5. quinologists
  6. quinology
  7. quinolone
  8. quinolones
  9. quinols
  10. quinolyl
  11. quinomethane

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