quinine
An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, originally derived from cinchona…An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.
» That drug is a derivative of quinine.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂, originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona), used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.
Chinin
хини́нxinín
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
Examples
4 sentencesThat drug is a derivative of quinine.
Tonic water contains quinine.
Quinine isn't a panacea.
Gin and tonic was the favored drink of British colonials due to its antimalarial quinine content.
Translations
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Origin
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Forms
plural: quininesWord family
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