Quinine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Quinine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Quinine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quinine n a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. {Kinic}.] (Chem.) 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. [Written also {chinine}.]