|
|
1. (n.) quinine
a white crystalline alkaloid, C
2. quinine
a salt of this alkaloid, esp. the sulfate.
Etymology: (1950–55)
|
| Definition of 'quinine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) quinine
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
|
| Definition of 'quinine' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) quinine
an alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc
|
| Definitions of 'quinine' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
|
1. quinine
an alkaloid obtained from the bark of several species of the cinchona tree and others, and which is employed in medicine specially as a ferbrifuge and a tonic.
|
| Definition of 'quinine' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
|
1. quinine
An alkaloid derived from the bark of the cinchona tree. It is used as an antimalarial drug, and is the active ingredient in extracts of the cinchona that have been used for that purpose since before 1633. Quinine is also a mild antipyretic and analgesic and has been used in common cold preparations for that purpose. It was used commonly and as a bitter and flavoring agent, and is still useful for the treatment of babesiosis. Quinine is also useful in some muscular disorders, especially nocturnal leg cramps and myotonia congenita, because of its direct effects on muscle membrane and sodium channels. The mechanisms of its antimalarial effects are not well understood.
|
|
|
Sense: a bitter-tasting drug got from the bark of a type of tree, used as a medicine, especially for malaria.
|
 Afrikaans: kinien |
 Arabic: كينين: دَواء مُر ضِد المَ |
 Bulgarian: хинин |
 Brazilian: quinino |
 Czech: chinin |
 German: das Chinin |
 Danish: kinin |
 Greek: κινίνο |
 Spanish: quinina |
 Estonian: hiniin |
 Farsi: کنین |
 Finnish: kiniini |
 French: quinine |
 Hebrew: כִינִין |
 Hindi: कुनैन |
 Croatian: kinin |
 Hungarian: kinin |
 Indonesian: kina |
 Icelandic: kínín |
 Italian: chinino |
 Japanese: キニーネ |
 Korean: 퀴닌, 키니네 |
 Lithuanian: chininas |
 Latvian: hinīns |
 Malay: kuinina |
 Dutch: kinine |
 Norwegian: kinin |
 Polish: chinina |
 Persian: کنین |
 Pashto: كنين ( دوا |
 Portuguese: quinino |
 Romanian: chinină |
 Russian: хинин |
 Slovak: chinín |
 Slovenian: kinin |
 Serbian: kinin |
 Swedish: kinin |
 Thai: สารอัลคาลอยด์ชนิดหนึ่งจาก |
 Turkish: kinin |
 Taiwanese: (專治瘧疾的)奎寧 |
 Ukrainian: хінін |
 Urdu: ایک الکلائڈ جو سنکونا کی |
 Vietnamese: thuốc ký ninh |
 Chinese: 奎宁（药） |
Get even more translations for quinine...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'quinine' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of quinine 
