Definitions for quinineˈkwaɪ naɪn, ˈkwɪn aɪn; esp. Brit. kwɪˈnin
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
qui•nineˈkwaɪ naɪn, ˈkwɪn aɪn; esp. Brit. kwɪˈnin(n.)
a white crystalline alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, obtained from cinchona bark, used chiefly for treating resistant forms of malaria.
Category: Pharmacology
a salt of this alkaloid, esp. the sulfate.
Category: Chemistry
Origin of quinine:
1820–30; < Sp quin(a) (< Quechua kina bark) + -ine2
Princeton's WordNet
quinine(noun)
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
Wiktionary
quinine(Noun)
A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
Origin: From quina, from kina.
Webster Dictionary
Quinine(noun)
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
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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.
Translations for quinine
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
quinine(noun)
a bitter-tasting drug got from the bark of a type of tree, used as a medicine, especially for malaria.
- kinienAfrikaans
- كينين: دَواء مُر ضِد المَلارياArabic
- хининBulgarian
- quininoPortuguese (BR)
- chininCzech
- das ChininGerman
- kininDanish
- κινίνοGreek
- quininaSpanish
- hiniinEstonian
- کنینFarsi
- kiniiniFinnish
- quinineFrench
- כִינִיןHebrew
- कुनैनHindi
- kininCroatian
- kininHungarian
- kinaIndonesian
- kínínIcelandic
- chininoItalian
- キニーネJapanese
- 퀴닌, 키니네Korean
- chininasLithuanian
- hinīnsLatvian
- kuininaMalay
- kinineDutch
- kininNorwegian
- chininaPolish
- کنینPersian
- كنين ( دواPashto
- quininoPortuguese
- chininăRomanian
- хининRussian
- chinínSlovak
- kininSlovenian
- kininSerbian
- kininSwedish
- สารอัลคาลอยด์ชนิดหนึ่งจากเปลือกต้น cinchona; ยาควินินThai
- kininTurkish
- (專治瘧疾的)奎寧Chinese (Trad.)
- хінінUkrainian
- ایک الکلائڈ جو سنکونا کی چھال میں پائی جاتی ہے ، کونینUrdu
- thuốc ký ninhVietnamese
- 奎宁（药）Chinese (Simp.)
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